Come Before Winter

by Ken Hada

Come Before Winter is an invitation written with a keen and pressing awareness of time passing, measured, and marked by the turning of seasons. Like the pastoral letter from Paul to Timothy, from which the title is taken, these poems arrive as exhortations to the reader to meditate, as Emerson says, on "the flux of all things."

142 pages, Paperback

Published July 1, 2023

Reviews

[Benjamin Payne · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dr. Hada offers a divine glimpse into man’s natural place in the unclaimed places: an observer looking to appreciate, not a conqueror looking to claim. His line endings combine profound questions with natural images that linger beautifully long after the book is closed. A necessary reminder of how to live gently, how to appreciate what’s around you, and to always do the best you can with what you have.

[Benjamin Myers · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ken Hada is pastoral poet with a keen eye for natural imagery. This may be his most reflective and meditative collection yet. As the title suggest, the poems in this book are often efforts at coming to terms with the poet's mortality. The poems are mostly short and nicely balance careful craft with a sense of spontaneity. Recommended reading for the front porch or around the campfire.