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CIPA/EVVY 2025 Book Awards
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Spiritual/Religious -GOLD; Illustrated Poetry Collection -BRONZE.
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Patti Jones Morgan
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In her visually rich signature prose, writer Patti Jones Morgan paints living pictures and portraits of colorful seasons in her country garden and, through poetry and prayer, explores the wider journeys of the soul as life and time, natural wonders, and encounters with creatures and people accompany her along quiet lanes.
The gift of life in God’s grand living room is reflected in her prayerful “Eden Still.”
It is the beauty of the place
In its everchanging hours.
The world of sun and showers,
Trees and birds and flowers.
That ask of me but nothing
Than I love the One who gave them.
And to see across the hills
Beyond man’s wars and ills,
A lasting hope for goodness
In each heart and soul confessing,
That they need His precious blessing,
For a world as He once made it.
Our Eden still.
Reviews
“Bright Mornings, Lit Paths celebrates beauty in the world. Patti Jones Morgan’s faith-filled poetry book’s nature-focused entries include standout imagery (In’The Bee Tree, a tree ‘hums like a power line / A willowy wand of crepe myrtle.) Everyday moments factor in throughout. And all is embellished by the book’s lovely photographs, which appear at welcome interludes.”
– FOREWORD CLARION REVIEW
“Patti Jones Morgan’s poems bring beauty and hope into our current world. They are a refreshing delight; exquisitely sensitive, in tune with, and at one with God and his wondrous creation.
Their ethereal lightness will lift your soul.”
– JOHN ELLIS PHD
(Connections: Poems of Daily Life, Poems from the Pinnacle, From the Hilltop & Beyond)
“As both an artist and a writer Patti Jones Morgan captures sound, emotion, and wonder in works that often read like beautiful kaleidoscopic experiences.
An example is ‘Soundless is the Light’ which helps us see the beauty and gifts of life.”
– CATHERINE LOUISE MOORE
Soundless Is The Light
Soundless is the passing light,
In seamless change through day and night.
My bidden prayer for this day’s vision
Arrives, no thanks to my decision.
Illumination from way on high
Invites my sight to watch the sky.
My soul its silent music sings,
As soundless light flies by on wings.
“BRIGHT MORNINGS, LIT PATHS portrays a vivid picture of the natural world around us, and the importance of realizing everyday experiences can provide fulfillment. If we are focused on the right things our hearts can find what we are longing for…a viable connection to God’s amazing creation that surrounds us.”
Steve Crosby – Master’s in Biblical Studies, Dallas Theological Seminary
Facility Director, Hope Reins in Texas www.hopereinsintexas.org
“BRIGHT MORNINGS, LIT PATHS is beautiful— a whisper of peace in a busy world,
where it ministers in a subtle but powerful manner.”
Kristi Woods (101 Prayers for Military Wives) Christian Art Gifts www.kristiwoods.net
“There are times when a lovely, unexpected surprise appears out of nowhere. BRIGHT MORNINGS, LIT PATHS was that kind of surprise for me. From the moment I began reading, I found so many of the poems resonated with me. I especially loved the nature poems. I could hear the bees buzzing in ‘The Bee Tree.’ I could feel the day waning in ‘Five O’Clock Fingers.’ ‘Honeysuckle Dreams’ made me crave the scent of honeysuckle.
Patti Jones Morgan has the gift and talent to convey the world around us as she describes a sunrise, the blues of the sky, the water, a blue heron, or a turtle crawling across a garden path. This lovely little book of poems, prayers and prose is a welcome respite from my mind’s clutter.” Donna Richards, Artist
I read “Bright Mornings, Lit Paths” sometimes loudly while alone, to family, or at other times whispering to the butterflies in the book’s vivid backyard scenery as I heard the hum of bees….
“Welcome to the Club,“ I said when I finished the last stanza:
“Bring me brightness,
Sunrise and lightness.
Oh, bring me a day,
That never will end….
Are you a member? You asked.
No, I said. I am a “books-keeper.” I keep the dust off all these books you see and do errands to the members. Many of them are already here to celebrate you and your new membership….
Who is here?
Well, William Wordsworth (“The Daffodils”) was the first to come. Walt Whitman (“Watch honey bees busy around the hive…”) Robert Frost, and old Robert Browning. Elizabeth couldn’t come but she enjoyed her copy of your book. Rumi is here too (“There was a door to which I found no key…”) and Omar Khayyam (“Alas, that Spring should vanish with the Rose!”) and Lord Byron.
Give me your book, please! I have just the place for it. Right here, on my shelves, between Whitman’s “Leaves of Grass” and Rumi’s “Book of Love.” Jamal Barghouti, Texas
“I enjoy this absolutely beautiful little book’s inspiring poems and
prayers every day as I do rich chocolates— a couple at a time!”
Belinda Smith, Bella Vida Bed and Breakfast and Retreat Center, Wimberley, Texas
www.bellavidabandb.com
Patti Jones Morgan has a way of expressing peaceful and calming settings in BRIGHT MORNINGS, LIT PATHS. This book brings readers to a quiet place of reflection as they take time to meditate on the Creator of all things as they journey through this life.
Jenifer Crosby, Christian Gifts Outlet www.christiangotexas.com
“I read BRIGHT MORNINGS, LIT PATHS like a devotional–with
two or three poems each day.
I receive a sense of peace. Absolute peace.”
“My day begins better with this book.”
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