Thought for a New Year
Leave tarnished sorrow, disappointment, doubt,
Old worry, prejudice, defeat and fear
Heaped like a cast-off weary load outside
The shining portal of another year.
Untraveled hills and valleys gleam beyond
That wayfarers attain with mounting zest.
Who bears no useless burden from the past
Will find the miles ahead are always best.
by Gail Brook Burket
Gail Brook Burket was born as Gail Mildred Brook on 1 November 1905 in Stronghurst, Henderson County, Illinois, United States of America. She became a poet. Her published works include books, “This Is My Country” (1960) and “From the Prairies” (1968). She was married to Walter Cleveland Burket on 22 June 1929. Gail Brook Burket passed on at 91 years of age on 7 April 1997 in Evanston, Cook County, Illinois, United States of America and rests in Stronghurst, Henderson County, Illinois, United States of America.
Leave tarnished sorrow, disappointment, doubt,
Old worry, prejudice, defeat and fear
Heaped like a cast-off weary load outside
The shining portal of another year.
Untraveled hills and valleys gleam beyond
That wayfarers attain with mounting zest.
Who bears no useless burden from the past
Will find the miles ahead are always best.
by Gail Brook Burket
Gail Brook Burket was born as Gail Mildred Brook on 1 November 1905 in Stronghurst, Henderson County, Illinois, United States of America. She became a poet. Her published works include books, “This Is My Country” (1960) and “From the Prairies” (1968). She was married to Walter Cleveland Burket on 22 June 1929. Gail Brook Burket passed on at 91 years of age on 7 April 1997 in Evanston, Cook County, Illinois, United States of America and rests in Stronghurst, Henderson County, Illinois, United States of America.
