The Poetry of Janie Wood Watters

by Kenneth H Baker

Janie Wood: born 6 December 1886 to Walter C. and Rachael Cole Wood in Allegan County, Michigan. She was the youngest of nine children and the sixth child of Rachel. Janie grew up on a farm in Trowbridge Township during a time when the Kalamazoo River was still a rich, pristine waterway to Lake Michigan. In 1899 the Trowbridge Hydroelectric Dam was constructed to provide electricity to power electric railcars all the way to Kalamazoo. With a fall of eleven feet the backwater inundated the area the Wood family farm was located and they had to move. But, Janie never lost her love for the peace and comfort the river gave her. I find in her poems an awareness of God's creations of the natural world. The poems also present a reflection of the firmness of her faith, especially during the period of World War II. She vividly reveals her pride and announces the anguish of having to endure with all three of her sons in service - the youngest, maybe the favorite. Then the loss of that one.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1500672912
• ISBN13: 9781500672911
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 110 Pages
• Weight: 0.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.3" x 6.0"