To: JustAmy; OESY; Kitty Mittens; Conspiracy Guy
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Books
Books in boxes. Books in racks.
Books in hallways. Books in stacks.
Books on shelves and closets tall.
Books on every patch of wall.
Books where sunlight makes them fade.
Books around that Ive mislaid.
Books my wife has gathered in.
Books beginning now to win.
Taking over in my life,
Books now keep me from my wife.
In the doorway of the den,
Stacks of books have grown again.
I go around the other way,
Easing back to hit the hay.
Unless subtly they have crept,
Into the space where once I slept.
Striving now to find a nook,
Not encumbered by a book,
I subside into my chair,
To find a book is waiting there.
Some few minutes reading now,
Will help me with my sleep somehow.
And when I nod and stiffly wake,
Ive lost my place, for Heavens Sake!
NicknamedBob . . . . . August 30, 2007
164 posted on
03/03/2008 3:41:07 PM PST by
NicknamedBob
(Tired of the hype about Hope? ... Just wait. When Obama is elected, all "hope" will be gone.)
To: NicknamedBob
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Good afternoon, NnB.
Perfect poem to go with that picture! Thank you.
Happy Read Across America Day"!
166 posted on
03/03/2008 4:16:02 PM PST by
JustAmy
(I wear red every Friday, but I support our Military everyday!!)
To: MEG33; NicknamedBob; All
Meg, your Butterfly Post in #155 is So Very Beautiful! Just Breathtaking!
Bob, I Love your 'Books' Poem, and Thank you to Everyone who Pinged me!
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174 posted on
03/03/2008 6:07:15 PM PST by
Kitty Mittens
(To God Be All Excellent Praise!!)
To: NicknamedBob; JustAmy; MEG33; Kitty Mittens; Conspiracy Guy; jaycee; Mama_Bear
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A Book There is no frigate like a book
To take us lands away,
Nor any coursers like a page
Of prancing poetry.
This traverse may the poorest take
Without oppress of toll;
How frugal is the chariot
That bears a human soul!
— Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)
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175 posted on
03/03/2008 6:11:55 PM PST by
OESY
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