New Years Poem: December 31

December 31 is an inspiring New Years poem by Samuel Kiser which helps to remind us to be grateful for all the good things that have happened in the past year.

Even though the year has not brought us everything we might have hoped, it also did not deliver to us everything that we might have feared.

If you look back, you are sure to find many days that were gracious and wholesome and filled to the brim with satisfaction. Remember these.

New Years Poem: December 31
by S.E. Kiser

~S.E. Kiser (1862 - 1942)

Samuel Ellsworth Kiser was born in Shippenville, Pa. in 1862. He began newspaper work in Cleveland, and from 1900 until 1914 was editorial and special writer for the Chicago Record-Herald.

Kiser was noted for his humorous sketches, which had been widely syndicated. Among his books are "Georgie," "Charles the Chauffeur," "Love Sonnets of an Office Boy," "Ballads of the Busy Days," "Sonnets of a Chorus Girl," "The Whole Glad Year," and "The Land of Little Care."

More Poems by Kiser

A Little Prayer
Poem About Faith
Unsubdued

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