Dreaming of Stones: Poems (Paraclete Poetry) by Christine Valters Paintner Pull-Out A 2018 Notable Poetry Book

A 2018 Notable Poetry Book for Children-- National Council of Teachers of English

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Up she went

with some of its sons lost forever and others returning home determined to carry on

Dreaming of Stones: Poems (Paraclete Poetry) by Christine Valters Paintner Pull-Out A 2018 Notable Poetry BookThe poems in Dreaming of Stones are about what endures: hope and desire, changing seasons, wild places, love, and the wisdom of mystics. Inspired by the poet's time living in Ireland these readings invite you into deeper ways of seeing the world. They have an incantational quality. Drawing on her commitment as a Benedictine oblate, the poems arise out of a practice of sitting in silence and lectio divina, in which life becomes the holy text. No