Did you know that April is National Poetry Month?  Your Beacon bookstore carries some great poetry titles for adults and children alike.

We carry several titles by Mary Oliver, a beloved poet of many of our congregants:  A Thousand Mornings, Why I Wake Early, and both of her Selected Poetry Volumes.  Our denomination’s Beacon Press is the publisher for several of her works.

 

We have several titles by Rumi, the 13th-century Persian Sunni Muslim poet, jurist, Islamic scholar, theologian, and Sufi mystic: Rumi: A Spiritual Treasury; Rumi: Day by Day; Rumi’s Little Book of Life, and more.

Translated by native Persian speakers, Rumi’s Little Book of Life is a beautiful collection of 196 poems by Rumi, previously unavailable in English.

In children’s poetry, we carry:

Poems to Learn by Heart – There’s a poem to celebrate every moment in life. A poem is a gift of the heart that can inspire, reassure, or challenge us. In this diverse collection, a companion to her New York Times #1 best-seller A Family of Poems, Caroline Kennedy has chosen more than a hundred poems that speak to all of us.

 

We also have talented poets in our congregation:

Butterfly A Rose by Emily Newberry – a description in poetry of her transgender journey to becoming a woman

Bathless by Vince Fitzgerald – Vince’s widow, Linda Fitzgerald, gave a moving testimony this month.

 

We also carry titles by William Stafford, Rilke, and others.  Come visit our Adult Poetry section AND our children’s Poetry section to find a great title to treasure.