Author Description

11 books in one. All of Mark DeBolt's Christmas original poems, hymns, parodies and translations through 2019. Over 400 poems, 92 of them new. Complete in this volume: Three Gypsy Kings (new); The Sacred Season, and the Secular (new); A Wreath of Twisted Thorn (2003); The Romances of Juan de la Cruz (2011); This Mystery I Pose (2012); The Christmas Hymns (2013); Spinks & Ouzels (2014); The Donkeyford Book of Christmas Verse (2015); Suppose This Earthy Globe a Coconut (2016); Pure, Integral Forms (2017); Godbeast (2018). From the Foreword by Douglas D. Anderson: "...a magnificent feast for the mind and the soul...Mark's depth of knowledge about the people and customs of Christmas and his wide knowledge of notable poets and poetic forms is impressive...In reading Mark's verse, I have smiled, I have laughed, I have frowned, I have become saddened and nearly brought to tears. And I expect that you wil experience similar emotions."