WORLD POETRY DAY: 7 BOOKS OF POEMS TO ENJOY WITH OUR CHILDREN

As is logical in our language, the word "poetry" comes from the Latin term "Poesis" which derives from a previous concept of Greek origin.
Poetry is the manifestation of beauty through the word, usually in verse.

And if we look with the eyes of a child, then we will see that beauty is filled with rhythm, creativity and fun. Today we bring you 7 books of poems to read and enjoy with our children .

Poetry is part of the education, expression and fun of our children that is why it is so important to keep it alive among their readings as they grow. They say we don't stop playing because we get old, but we get old because we stop playing; With poetry, we may not realize the same thing without realizing it.

Why stop reading poetry? Why do our children grow up? And that seems to us to be a logical reason? I do not believe it!

There are published great books and magnificent compilations loaded with rhymes that create poems that reach the heart, that of children and obviously ours, that of adults.
Today I propose to discover some and reread a few from their hand, from that of our children, so that when we lack imagination to understand them they help us and when they need reality to focus them we can help them. As a game, this is how we should feel when reading poetry with children, as if we were playing.

"Tales in verse for perverse children" by Roald Dahl

You can find it on Amazon with a very little perverse price of € 8.07 and surely more than one laughs with these versions and amusements of these well-known stories ...

"If we already know it by heart!", You will say.
And yet, from this story you have
a fake, pink, silly, cheesy, sugary version,
that someone with the windmill a bit stale
considered better for childhood ... ”

“Rhymes” by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer

Yes, a classic that is worth having always on hand to reread with them.
You find it on Amazon for only € 5.90 and you can enjoy and comment together.

"The cloud of pain passed ...
With grief I managed to babble brief words ...
Who gave me the news? ... A faithful friend ...
He did me a great favor!… I thanked him. ”

"20 love poems and a desperate song" by Pablo Neruda

A classic that deserves a review with children on a day like today. In Amazon you can get it for € 5.75 if you do not have a copy at home from which you have almost half forgotten that these things happen.

"For my heart your chest is enough
Your wings are enough for my freedom.
From my mouth it will reach the sky
what was asleep on your soul. "

"The verses of the silly book" by Beatriz Jiménez

In 2010 Beatriz Jiménez won the City of Orihuela Poetry Prize for children with this book that of course you can find on Amazon for € 13.30.

"I am a book, yes, yes.
But I've been closed for so long ...
that's how I've become so much
I've become ink
I've become ... silly! "

"44 poems to read with children", selection by Mar Benegas

A selection of poems from both sides of the Atlantic that are an invitation to discover and especially share with our children. In Amazon you already know that you find it for € 14.25.

"I do not know many things, it's true.
I only say what I have seen.
And I've seen:
May the cradle of man rock her with tales,
that the cries of anguish of man drown them
with stories "

"The planet Lilaverdía" by Lula Libe (or Barbijaputa)

Yes, obviously they are two pseudonyms that in this case hides a delicious sensitivity and sweetness between the pages of this special opem. You can find it on the website of the Origami publishing house for € 14. Surely you will love discovering with the children this magical planet and each of its inhabitants.

"You have never been,
you never saw him
but there it is, that's for sure
Azulimón exists! "

"Song of the Pirate" by José de Espronceda

A classic among the classics in a special edition designed for the little ones that is undoubtedly a success to read the little pirates who are at home wanting adventures at any time. You have it on Amazon at € 11.40.

"and the pirate captain goes,
singing joyfully in the stern,
Asia on one side, on the other Europe,
and over there in front of Istanbul. "

Anthologies ... to never fail.

From Antonio Machado to Blas de Otero through Francisco de Quevedo and not forgetting Gerardo Diego, Federico García Lorca, Gabriela Mistral or Rosalía de Castro.
The anthologies of some of the best and greatest poets of our country and other countries, of our time and of other times, of our life and that of our children if we have the time, the desire and the intention to show them.

You have already been able to verify that this time we wanted to explore other poetic worlds beyond Gloria Fuertes, but that is not why you leave it in oblivion, because it will always be one of our children's favorites and with it you will discover great rhymes, great puns and magnificent riddles.

Do you dare to start today by celebrating what this International Poetry Day deserves?