'a Thousand Books To Read'

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My library has grown and grown, so many books- my shelves groan; there are more books than I can ever read, but they keep coming like a need. There are tilting piles of books along walls, accumulated in time both the big- and smalls; books, books on each table . . . to read all I will be unable. I can hear them - whispering to me their story; a thousand doors into love, fury and glory . . . _____________________ June 5, 2020 Submitted to Brian's Select 5 Standard Contest sponsor, Brian Strand, HM

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Silent One

Date: 6/6/2020 6:55:00 AM

Nice, my library does not have any books though lol

Constance La France
Date: 6/8/2020 5:16:00 PM

Silent, thanks for visiting, oh I must have books _Constance

Rashi Soni

Date: 6/6/2020 12:57:00 AM

Indeed I too have got many books in my home library but sadly for me they have all been read. So, I’m bored to death now. Really nice poem. Rashi

Constance La France
Date: 6/8/2020 5:17:00 PM

Rashi, thanks for visiting, thankfully I seem to have a bad memory so can read books over and over _Constance

Michelle Faulkner

Date: 6/5/2020 1:19:00 PM

I too have 'so many books, my shelves groan' - in my city the local libraries have been closed due to covid-19 since mid-March, with no signs of opening soon; that is the biggest impact on me, personally - I really miss my library!