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Where would we be without books? For me, great books address the human story and examine both struggle and resilience. I feel that the strength, the connections, and the hope each of these characters has is what helps them persevere through challenging times, both within and outside of their control.
“A snowball in the face is surely the perfect beginning to a lasting friendship.”
“She walks like a ballerina in dance slippers, her feet as articulate as hands, a little vessel of grace moving out into the fog.”
“I want to catch words one day. I want to hold them then blow gently, watch them float right out of my hands.”
Poetry has always been a safe haven for me, and a way for me to be quiet and reflective. Here are a few of my favorite authors: William Stafford, Shel Silverstein, and Naomi Shihab Nye. It is National Poetry month . . . give it a try and write one yourself.
"Whispering to each handhold, 'I'll be back,' / I go up the cliff in the dark. One place / I loosen a rock and listen a long time / till it hits, faint in the gulf, but the rush / of the torrent almost drowns it out, ...."
"When I am gone what will you do?
Who will write and draw for you?
Someone smarter—someone new?
Someone better—maybe YOU!"
"I want to be famous in the way a pulley is famous, / or a buttonhole, not because it did anything spectacular, / but because it never forgot what it could do."
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