Poetry Month: "Child, Child" - Sara Teasdale

Child, Child  - Sara Teasdale

CHILD, child, love while you can

The voice and the eyes and the soul of a man;

Never fear though it break your heart --

Out of the wound new joy will start;

Only love proudly and gladly and well,

Though love be heaven or love be hell.

Child, child, love while you may,

For life is short as a happy day;

Never fear the thing you feel --

Only by love is life made real;

Love, for the deadly sins are seven,

Only through love will you enter heaven.

Shakespeare and Poetry Month

Today marks the baptism and guessed birthday of  William Shakespeare. Shakespeare is often revered as one of the greatest writers and poets ever.

Shakespeare said about poetry,

“The truest poetry is the most feigning;
and lovers are given to poetry; and what they swear in poetry
may be said, as lovers, they do feign.”

Poetry and love could be interpreted many different ways. The stereotypical view that poetry is something that somebody writes to the lover perhaps derived from Shakespeare's sonnets.

One of my favorite poems about romantic love comes from Romeo and Juliet, it says,

"Love is a smoke raised with the fume of sighs,


Being purged, a fire in sparkling in lovers' eyes,


Being vexed, a sea nourished with lovers' tears,



What is it else? A madness most discreet



A choking gall and a preserving sweet."



-William Shakespeare


Romeo and Juliet, Act 1, Scene 1, Page 10

-Hillary

Poetry Month: "A Prayer" - Sara Teasdale

A Prayer  - Sara Teasdale

UNTIL I lose my soul and lie

     Blind to the beauty of the earth,

Deaf though shouting wind goes by,           

     Dumb in a storm of mirth;

Until my heart is quenched at length

     And I have left the land of men,

Oh, let me love with all my strength

     Careless if I am loved again.

New and Coming Soon to Children's Books

Beyonders: Seed of Rebellion, Vol. 2

Brandon Mull fans will not want to miss book 2 in the Beyonders story. Now available!

The Mysterious Benedict Society series

April 10 is the release date for The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict of the Mysterious Benedict Society

 

Kane Chronicles

May 1 is the release date for Book 3 of the Kane Chronicles.  

Rick Riordan will be in Provo May 2.
Tickets through Provo Library.

Divergent

Divergent trumps Hunger Games for many dystopian fans. 

Book 2, Insurgent, will be released May 1!

Aprilynne Pike, Kiersten White, Eoin Colfer, Michael Scott and John Flanagan all have “next” books coming soon.

Tell us your favorite series and we will let you know what to expect!