Kim Rodrigues Poet Verse

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It’s often the older books, with their patient and lovely prose, that draw me in. Certainly not snubbing authors. I think I have read so much and I’m at an age where many things don’t interest me anymore. I feel certain there must be a name for this...perhaps midlife crisis...lol.

 

 

Golden Nuggets

GOLDEN NUGGETS

books shout from their shelves
pleading...won’t you choose me please
...let me join your team

some wait patiently
coughing antiquity’s dust
white hair...piercing eyes

popularity
like unbroken chain letter
...too many partners

the rare find hidden
simple..shy..golden nuggets
— knuckles rest on chin

my shovel moves dirt...
i dig the dinosaur bones
...glancing side to side

curiosity
wonders why no one else cares
…i lick my fingers

4/26/2018


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Michelle Faulkner April 27, 2018 at 11:10 AM There is something about the smell and feel of old books that you don't get from a computer - I love their charm! Kim Rodrigues April 27, 2018 at 7:56 PM I do too!

Joseph P. DiMino April 26, 2018 at 9:22 PM Having a love affair with books as well, I can relate to this splendid write. They are all living words. Kim Rodrigues April 26, 2018 at 10:06 PM Thanks, Joe! <3 Kim

Mike Hauser April 26, 2018 at 4:58 PM Love it! Kim Rodrigues April 26, 2018 at 5:05 PM Thanks a bunch, Mike!

Nette Onclaud April 26, 2018 at 3:49 PM even libraries are now empty... and tech has taken the place of reading, ohh... really fine write, agnes.. huggs Kim Rodrigues April 26, 2018 at 5:08 PM Working at a new library since December. We have a creative space with a green room and a recording studio, etc.. people are loving it! And of course books!