For the month of August we are reading a book of poetry. Mike and Jess talk about why poetry is a language all its own. Get ready! They have lots of suggestions for this favorite genre.
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Books mentioned:
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Vita-Nuova-Oxford-Worlds-Classics/dp/0199540659/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1LS1LC6U5L4PD&amp;keywords=vita+nova+dante&amp;qid=1565656600&amp;s=gateway&amp;sprefix=vita+nuova%2Caps%2C116&amp;sr=8-1">Vita Nuova</a>
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Portable-Dante-Penguin-Classics/dp/0142437549/ref=sr_1_6?crid=YUV1UF6WQKXT&amp;keywords=the+divine+comedy+mark+musa&amp;qid=1565656672&amp;s=gateway&amp;sprefix=the+divine+comedy+mark+%2Caps%2C115&amp;sr=8-6">The Divine Comedy</a> (or <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Purgatory-Divine-Comedy-Dante/dp/0812971256/ref=sr_1_3?crid=19DDKEOXXGF5L&amp;keywords=the+divine+comedy+esolen&amp;qid=1565656757&amp;s=gateway&amp;sprefix=the+divine+comedy+es%2Caps%2C113&amp;sr=8-3">this one</a>)
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Iliad-Homer-Odyssey-Two-Volumes/dp/B004VSP91C/ref=sr_1_2?qid=1565656886&amp;refinements=p_27%3A+Richard%5CcHomer%3B+Lattimore&amp;s=books&amp;sr=1-2&amp;text=Homer%3B+Lattimore%2C+Richard">The Iliad &amp; The Odyssey</a> (or<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Odyssey-Iliad-Two-Volumes-slipcase/dp/B002SES6H0/ref=sr_1_4?crid=2ZKX5GKXKUA43&amp;keywords=the+iliad+fitzgerald+translation&amp;qid=1565656928&amp;s=books&amp;sprefix=The+Iliad+fi%2Cstripbooks%2C116&amp;sr=1-4"> this one</a> that Jess scored at a recent used book sale haul!)
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Picnic-Lightning-Poetry-Billy-Collins/dp/0822956705/ref=sr_1_11?crid=8Y72QQTEUD11&amp;keywords=billy+collins&amp;qid=1565657140&amp;s=books&amp;sprefix=billy+col%2Cstripbooks%2C115&amp;sr=1-11">Picnic, Lightning</a>
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Beowulf-New-Verse-Translation-Bilingual/dp/0393320979/ref=sr_1_3?crid=2GIYZ427EY6VM&amp;keywords=beowulf+seamus+heaney&amp;qid=1565657220&amp;s=books&amp;sprefix=beowulf%2Cstripbooks%2C115&amp;sr=1-3">Beowulf</a>
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Small-Porch-Sabbath-Poems-2014-ebook/dp/B01DIF4F90/ref=sr_1_6?crid=3BTG2KEXZQOTE&amp;keywords=wendell+berry+poetry&amp;qid=1565659099&amp;s=books&amp;sprefix=Wendall+Barry+p%2Cstripbooks%2C114&amp;sr=1-6">A Small Porch</a>
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Favorite-Poems-Old-New-Selected/dp/0385076967/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3H9QI65NJF9YB&amp;keywords=favorite+poems+old+and+new+by+helen+ferris&amp;qid=1565657419&amp;s=books&amp;sprefix=favorite+poems+o%2Cstripbooks%2C115&amp;sr=1-1">Favorite Poems Old &amp; New</a>
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Childs-Garden-Verses-Robert-Stevenson/dp/0689823827/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2FLHBG3PD4IJS&amp;keywords=a+child%27s+garden+of+verses&amp;qid=1565659173&amp;s=books&amp;sprefix=a+child%27s+ga%2Cstripbooks%2C116&amp;sr=1-1">A Child's Garden of Verses</a>
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Childs-Book-Poems-Gyo-Fujikawa/dp/1402750617/ref=sr_1_1?crid=31ID4B28UQJMG&amp;keywords=a+child%27s+book+of+poems+fujikawa&amp;qid=1565659215&amp;s=books&amp;sprefix=a+child%27s+book%2Cstripbooks%2C114&amp;sr=1-1">A Child's Book of Poems</a>
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Classic-Hundred-Poems-William-Harmon/dp/0231112599/ref=sr_1_1?crid=29LKFARUQQLJX&amp;keywords=the+classic+hundred+poems%2C+edited+by+william+harmon&amp;qid=1565659275&amp;s=books&amp;sprefix=the+classic+Hund%2Cstripbooks%2C116&amp;sr=1-1">The Classic Hundred Poems</a>
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Poems-Every-Catholic-Should-Know/dp/1505108624/ref=sr_1_2?crid=29HWU5NEOFMXB&amp;keywords=poems+every+catholic+should+know+by+joseph+pearce&amp;qid=1565659343&amp;s=books&amp;sprefix=Poems+every+%2Cstripbooks%2C114&amp;sr=1-2">Poems Every Catholic Should Know</a>
Waiting on the Word (Guite)
Word in the Wilderness (Guide)
The Brontes: Selected Poems

Episode 16: Brontes & Berry

A bi-weekly podcast to enrich your reading life that feels more like a book club! We’re your hosts, Mike and Jess Ptomey, and the only thing we like better than reading is talking about what we are reading with friends. In 2020 we’ll be reading short stories: two stories by a different author each month. So listen in and read along! Be sure to share your comments for each story on social media with the hashtag #thecatholicreadingchallenge.