Nine Days: poems remembering Pope John Paul II

by Catherine a Hamilton

Overview

"I wander outside to watch the wisteria bloom nonchalantly along the arbor..." Here begins Catherine Hamilton's journey inspired by the poignant hours before and after the death of Karol Wojtyla. During the nine official days of mourning and the seventeen-day stay between the passing of Pope John Paul II and the election of Pope Benedict XVI, the world was on virtual pilgrimage to the Eternal City. It was during these days that Hamilton wrote this collection of fifty-one poems. Hamilton's poetic chronicle takes us to the streets of Rome, to St. Peter's Square, and to the ancient cities in Karol Wojtyla's homeland, Poland.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780996721707
Publisher:	Kinglet Books
Publication date:	09/30/2015
Pages:	116
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.28(d)

About the Author

Catherine Hamilton's stories, articles, and poems have appeared in magazines and newspapers. Her poems have been published in Poland by Zeszyty Karmelitanskie, and she has a chapter in Forgotten Survivors (University Press of Kansas, 2004)-an eyewitness account of Poland during World War II. She met Pope John Paul II in his private library in 2000 and presented him with some of her work. A native Oregonian of Polish decent, Hamilton lives in Portland with her husband.