My mother gave my daughters The Best-Loved Poems of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis when they were in their early teen years. She sought to inspire them with beautiful words that would lift their spirit.
Choose a collection of poetry that will enlighten you during National Poetry Month because April is the season of new beginnings.
Sea Joy
by Jacqueline Bouvier (1939)
When I go down by the sandy shore
I can think of nothing I want more
Than to live by the booming blue sea
As the seagulls flutter round about me
I can run about–when the tide is out
With the wind and the sand and the sea all about
And the seagulls are swirling and diving for fish
Oh–to live by the sea is my only wish.
Photo: Chatham, MA
Joyce Poggi Hager 