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Soldier II - by Andrew F. Giles

{ Poem }

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 Robert Louis Stevenson

{ Poem }

At evening when the lamp is lit,
/ Around the fire my parents sit;
/ They sit at home and talk and sing,
/ And do…

When You are Old - by W.B. Yeats

{ Poem }

When you are old and grey and full of sleep,
/ And nodding by the fire, take down this book,
/ And slowly read,…

Sa võtad… - by Doris Kareva

{ Poem }

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 Pauline Prior-Pitt

{ Poem }

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 Aislinn Hunter

{ Poem }

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 George Bruce

{ Poem }

Books – thousands – on shelves –
/ Wisdom of ages.
/ Folly if not in me
/
/ When two words do
/ for ten, then there is
/ the…

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