Enquiry Desk - by
Do you have the one
/ with that poem they read at the funeral
/ in that movie?…
libraries
Book Dusters - by
It’s like painting / the Forth Bridge / without the fresh air / and fear / of drowning.
Random - by
for Robyn Marsack
/
/ Go take a book down from the shelf and open it.
/ Listen, this isn’t ‘book’ but box,
/ box full…
The Scottish Poetry Library - by
so much light here –
sun’s rhythm in each wall…
flow of thoughts on the shelves,
radiant lamp of the books
Iam pauca aratro iugera regiae - by
Public libraries / were cherished like Pallas Athene’s temples, / which, for us, in effect, they were.
Susitikimas Prieblandoje - by
Rūmų bibliotekoje žvelgiant pro langą
/ Į žiemos prieblandą,
/ Staiga atsiveria lentynos ir įeina berniukas
/ Su kraitele obuolių bei rožių.
/ Ir tamsa sutirštėja, mintys…
on the library - by
it shone at night
/ it shone beautifully
/
/ it shone like the eddystone
/ it shone like the fire-cave
/ it shone like the old torpedo works
/ it…
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…