THE OTHER

Too confusing to be advertised as desirable This world is no less inhabitable than yours Chemistry enables the crossing Books direct to traverse bridges over strained personalities born to this realm this other dimension

#21- An Ode on Reading

Taking me to different universes My own personal medium of transport Books whisk me a way leaving nothing behind Heart of mine racing   I love them so with all of my heart and soul Reading always makes me feel like I am home Affiliated…

Poetry Marathon Submission, #2

A Recipe for Ripened Intellect, Submission #2, Ann WJ White Life is a stream of books, stacked in piles to peruse. Grated science fiction, mixed with forked dramas, particle physics discovered in 420BC, for added flavor. History, biographies, romance and other non-fiction, Twisted about, squeezed….

Hour 2

“And with these words I will create an immortal spine.”   I abandoned all hope for the prompts. I am just not in it today. Guess I will stick to my #instapoetry style and start cranking them out.

12 (2)

My year in books is not yet full or even close to a completion But I have had a fair share of different worlds The moon shone bright in Metro 2033 and creatures howled above the ground A lake of emotions stirred in me when…

III. How to Boil an Egg

I’ve heard it said When a young man dies It’s as if a book’s been burned; But when an old man dies, It’s as if an entire library Has burned to the ground. For me, If the internet dies, I’ll suffer certain losses, and simple…

Save the Books

Leave your children, you can have more Forget your pets, new ones can be found Forget your car, it is a dead weight Forget your clothes, they will turn to dust Books. Save your books. Save as many as your two arms can carry. No,…