Poetry Unbound: 50 Poems To Open Your World by Padraig O Tuama finally arrived in the digital format from Libby. I'm in love and all I did was read the Introduction and the first poem. This is not a book that I'm content to read digitally and return to the library. The poems deserve to be highlighted, reread, dogeared, and savored.
I'm in Winston-Salem with my daughter celebrating an upcoming significant birthday. We have plans to visit two indie bookstores today, so I'm hoping one of them has Poetry Unbound. For now, I'll share my favorite quote from the Introduction:
"A poem can be like a flame: helping us find our way, keeping us warm."
This quote reminds me of a favorite poem, "Fire" by Amy Ludwig Vanderwater that I found in Booklinks and shared in a 2017 NPM blog post. I love the opportunity to gather with poetry friends to "warm our hands with poems" each week, even if I sometimes arrive on Saturday.
Join us at the poetry playground with this week's host, Karen Edmiston.
Thanks, Karen, for hosting!
Great quote, Ramona. It is going straight into my current notebook. I'm also going in search of the book you have mentioned. Hope you get to actually hold a copy in your hands.
ReplyDeleteYes, let's light the poem fire! :D Thanks for sharing what you're reading and for the peek back at Amy's marvelous poem.
ReplyDeleteLove this quote, Ramona!
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