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| Doggos in the desert image from Sam |
Favorite books display their age:
A little frayed around the spine.
Sometimes I may dog ear a page;
Favorite books display their age.
Librarian is in a rage—
Don’t highlight and don’t underline!
Favorite books display their age:
A little frayed around the spine
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Triolet quadrille (structured 44 words) written for the dVerse #248 prompt of dog. I was also inspired by some book-loving folks who want their books to stay in pristine condition forever. That's ideal, I guess, but my favorites are well loved with creases and wrinkles, just like old comfortable people, like myself. Generally, I use bookmarks (which include my phone), but I have occasionally dog-eared a paperback or flopped a book flat open on its face. These would be books I own of course, not borrowed ones!
Owning the book makes all the difference. Underlining or highlighting in a library book would be vandalizing someone else's property. If you own a book you can do what you want with it.
ReplyDeleteI can't do things like that with a book, though. It just doesn't feel right. Favorite books still do get frayed, though. My cheap paperback Tolkien is much the worse for wear. I should invest in a sturdier set now that I can afford it.
We definitely should be careful with others' stuff!
DeleteNowadays they teach the kiddos how to annotate when they read. I would have appreciated those lessons. Maybe I would have become one who made notes in her books. But no. And now I prefer to read digitally.
ReplyDeleteI enjoy both ebooks and dead tree :)
DeleteI have a lot of well loved books and some that I tried not to crease.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite poetry book from college has completely fallen apart. I have put it away for safekeeping!
DeleteAs a retired librarian, I frown on underlining and dog-earing on library books but feel like everyone is welcome to do what they like to their own books. I have a journaling Bible and it is pretty 'gobbed up' with doodles, color, notes. But would never mark up my copy of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
ReplyDeleteEnjoyed your poem. My writing group has tried its collective hand at writing verse but I have struggled with following formulas or prescribed structures.
Thanks Leslie! I like this short form of structured poem. Not sure I could do justice to a sonnet or a sestina these days...
DeleteI made copious notes in a book once (non-fiction), lent it to a friend, and was roundly criticized for writing notes in my own book. Can't win sometimes.
ReplyDeleteA little frayed around the spine describes more than books. :-)
Doesn't it though?!
Delete..."well loved with creases and wrinkles"- love it! Really neat poem- thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Maria!
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