Iam pauca aratro iugera regiae - by
Public libraries / were cherished like Pallas Athene’s temples, / which, for us, in effect, they were.
books
Pomegranate - by
The soldier boys know nothing / of the world but how to end it.
Soldier II - by
Brooke, R., 1914 & Other Poems (Complete Press,
/ 28th impression, 1920). Restrained, a story of memory,
/ navy-bound with a firmament of stains,…
The Land of Story-Books - by
At evening when the lamp is lit,
/ Around the fire my parents sit;
/ They sit at home and talk and sing,
/ And do…
Sa võtad… - by
Sa võtad mu lahti kui raamatu
/ bibliofiil,
/ loed, lehitsed, loed,
/ ja ma tunnen suurt uhkust ja mõnu.
/
/ Sa tead mind peast –
/ sellepärast just…
Meeting at the Mobile Library Van - by
chopping the beets with onions and Bramleys
adding sugar, spice, and vinegar
and slowly simmering them together.
Marginalia Found in Books at the Vancouver Public Library - by
In T.S. Eliot’s Collected, a hand written dedication,
/ To all self-worshippers.
/
/ Over the line in Lord Nelson’s letter to Lady Hamilton
/ where…
Wisdom and Follies Haikus - by
Books – thousands – on shelves –
/ Wisdom of ages.
/ Folly if not in me
/
/ When two words do
/ for ten, then there is
/ the…