reading in my cozy bed, ridiculously late
words begin to slur and rhymes, to blear
my eyelids fight me — like a heavyweight
goodnight, sweet sleepy zzzzzhakespeare
reading
Stimulant
Reading in bed is a gateway drug to writing in bed.
Classics declassified
Grass of Walt
[D!@%] of Moby
Boz gets Lit
Bard’s the [$h¡t]
Long ago now
I am searching for my feelings
through shelves of dusty books
can’t help but feel I’ve left them
in some forgotten ancient nooks
as if an author long before me
captured my emotions in his day
and saved them in fine poetry
for future me to find someway
Antennae
Read instead of watch TV?
Now there’s a novel idea!
Biblioinsomnia
Up late with books, reading in bed—
Up early with coffee, extra lead.
Saving books
I’ve been saving books for all these years, and they’ve been saving me for my
Storied
Books talk to you for an afternoon. Literature speaks for generations.
Fees fines fo fun
If you haven’t owed a library fine at least once in your life, you’re not