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I have known: of wise detectives catching crooks of "Thought Police" revising books a shipwrecked family named Robinson of lion, witch, and wardrobe magic Heathcliff's heartbreak, sad and tragic books at Fahrenheit 451 of Hobbits carrying a ring (and Aragorn, their long lost king) a treasure hunted on deserted isle some carpenters and walruses (and other friends of Alice's) a bulrush baby rescued from the Nile I have seen: Jack Ryan chase a Russian sub lord of the flies (beelzebub!) two barefoot lads with rafting expertise some tesseracts and wrinkled time Hercule Poirot solving a crime and tiny Lilliputian enemies martinis dry (not stirred but shaken) snowy woods and roads not taken Curly's wife and Lennie in the barn poor Tess's note by Angel missed, Team Rainbow track a terrorist (some writers sure know how to spin a yarn!) I have been: a brave explorer of exotic lands a seasoned warrior on foreign sands an awestruck stargazer of cosmic nights a thoughtful daydreamer of ancient sites a rapt aficionado of great art a connoisseur of tales that stir the heart avowed romantic by love poems smitten a bold imagineer of tales unwritten Adventure calls as I'm sequestered in my cozy nook, I've known and seen and been all this - for I have read a book. written 8 May 2022 ......................................................................... //Author's Note: 21 of my favorite books are referenced in this poem - The Complete Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle 1984 - George Orwell Swiss Family Robinson - Johann Wyss The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe - C.S. Lewis Wuthering Heights - Emily Brontë Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury The Fellowship of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien Treasure Island - Robert Louis Stevenson Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll The Bible - multiple authors The Hunt for Red October - Tom Clancy Lord of the Flies - William Golding The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain A Wrinkle in Time - Madeleine L'Engle Murder on the Orient Express - Agatha Christie Gulliver's Travels - Jonathan Swift Dr. No - Ian Fleming Seasons: Poems - Robert Frost Of Mice and Men - Steinbeck Tess of the D'Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy Rainbow Six - Tom Clancy Special thanks to my Mother for passing along her love of reading, and to my English teachers who assigned and discussed some great books. .........................................................................
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