Nine Days: poems remembering Pope John Paul II

"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.

Author: Catherine a. Hamilton
Publisher: Kinglet Books
Published: 09/30/2015
Pages: 116
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.34lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.51w x 0.28d
ISBN: 9780996721707

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.

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