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Thu Feb-14-08 08:23 AM
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The RetroLounge Daily Poem Thread (Thu 2/14/2008) |
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Because of Libraries We Can Say These Things
She is holding the book close to her body, carrying it home on the cracked sidewalk, down the tangled hill. If a dog runs at her again, she will use the book as a shield.
She looked hard among the long lines of books to find this one. When they start talking about money, when the day contains such long and hot places, she will go inside. An orange bed is waiting. Story without corners. She will have two families. They will eat at different hours.
She is carrying a book past the fire station and the five and dime.
What this town has not given her the book will provide; a sheep, a wilderness of new solutions. The book has already lived through its troubles. The book has a calm cover, a straight spine.
When the step returns to itself, as the best place for sitting, and the old men up and down the street are latching their clippers,
she will not be alone. She will have a book to open and open and open. Her life starts here.
Naomi Shihab Nye
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Thu Feb-14-08 08:40 AM
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Tuesday Afternoon
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Thu Feb-14-08 08:51 AM
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2. Happy Heart Day, Retro |
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Thu Feb-14-08 09:04 AM
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"Books To the Ceiling"
Books to the ceiling Books to the sky My piles of books are a mile high How I love them How I need them I'll have a long beard by the time I read them
-Arnold Lobel
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Thu Feb-14-08 09:08 AM
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I like this one. What a mistress a book can be.
...the book will provide; a sheep, a wilderness of new solutions.
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Thu Feb-14-08 11:34 AM
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How beautiful...
Wish I had words like those inside me...
Thank you and Happy Valentines Day, sweetie... :hug:
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Thu Feb-14-08 12:05 PM
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6. Wonderful choice. Thanks for the V-day love poem!! |
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