•Poetry, Podcast, Performance, Production © 2018, 2020, 2023 by Brian Crouth •Photo credit: Brian Crouth / Song credit: “The First Noel” (instrumental background) W.G. Snuffy Walden ©2002 BMG / “The First Noel”(Jazz version) The Evergreen Trio feat. Ellinor ©2016 Epidemic Sound •Send your thoughts, comments, inspirations to: [email protected] December sunlight pushed its way through an oak tree’s branches, trailing off before it could reach the picture window in a kitchen where they sat. It was one more day to Christmas, and the anniversary. (from “The Anniversary”)