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I Am Bored With Books

Books were interesting Books were short Books were fun to read along But now words have become hard to read So confusing like beads and seeds No monitor light To make them stand out bright No friends to say hello While reading a page from Longfellow If got stuck on a word unknown No automatic dictionary to let it be known No multiple windows to pass thru When mind wavers and need other brew Books once lead me to other lands Now with internet I have many hands I am bored with books, I really am For they aren’t ships that sail the seas Only dust collectors made of trees By-Tahera Mannan For Linda's 'i am Bored-----------' contest

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Andrea Dietrich

Date: 5/23/2011 8:52:00 PM

ahhh, I remember this one . Those poor books!! I sure enjoyed them before internet and DVR came along!! Congratulations on your win!

Carol Sunshine Brown

Date: 5/16/2011 11:01:00 AM

Congratulations Tahera on your win in Linda-Marie's contest. Love,Carol

Gwendolen Song

Date: 5/13/2011 3:52:00 PM

I love your witty take on your new electronic gargantuan book-the internet. Tahera, I plead with you to reconsider the good things about holding a book-no distractions, the smell of leather and the softness of the cover...you can highlight, underline, hide them under your pillow. Ohhh, don't give up on books. What if electricity died and the internet crashed? Your long lost love...your books will be faithfully waiting for you to dust them off and rejoin them once again. smiles! Gwendolen

Sara Kendrick

Date: 5/13/2011 11:34:00 AM

The comment below is mine..It went to login and that is the reason for it being different..Just one of the frustrating and aggravating items on this site..Sara

Emma Buckeridge

Date: 5/13/2011 9:04:00 AM

Congrats on you 3rd place win, Emma x

Dr Hitendra Mehta

Date: 5/13/2011 2:22:00 AM

Many Congrats Tahera on 3rd spot in the winners list in Linda's contest with this beautiful depiction of emotions in verse. Luv & best wishes - Hitendra Mehta

Samual Ronthorpe

Date: 5/13/2011 12:26:00 AM

good job. congrats

John Freeman

Date: 5/12/2011 4:03:00 PM

Great to see your success Tahera with this worthy poem third place. Agape, Moses

Jack Horne

Date: 5/12/2011 12:26:00 PM

Many congrats on your win, Tahera : )

Carolyn Devonshire

Date: 5/12/2011 9:22:00 AM

Very clever, Tahera. We are becoming a paperless society because of the Internet and most of our reading is done online. Although books don't bore me, I hate seeing forests disappear so this poem has a special meaning for me. Please let me know how your surgery went. Praying for you. Congratulations on your win, Love, Carolyn

Dr.Ram Mehta

Date: 5/12/2011 6:56:00 AM

Congratulations on the third place win in the contest, Tahera

Brenda Atry

Date: 5/12/2011 5:55:00 AM

No, Say it isn't so! I do not agree..But like your poetry! Congratulations on your win..well done! Brenda

Gautami Phookan

Date: 5/12/2011 5:03:00 AM

Congrats Tahera on your win. Liked this one,well scribed .Most of the books I read are therefore of the era gone by.Love, gautami

Ralph Taylor

Date: 5/11/2011 7:32:00 PM

Congrats on your win, Tahera. Outstanding piece. Nice going. xxxRalph

Linda-Marie Sweetheart

Date: 5/11/2011 6:46:00 PM

Congrats Tahera on your success in my contest with this stunning entry luv.. thankxx for constant support...

Linda-Marie Sweetheart

Date: 4/20/2011 5:08:00 AM

thankxx for supporting my current contest Tahera.. good luck .. am sure will be amazed when I read fully at judging time at end of May.. our trip to Italy will keep me away till then luv..

Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen

Date: 4/20/2011 12:02:00 AM

This is a good one. I love the Internet, too. I have heard, however, that there is nothing more relaxing than cuddling beneath a warm blanket with a good book and warm beverage on a cool afternoon. (You can't take your computer to bed with you. lol) But then, again, the mind can't travel so quickly around the world as it can in cyberspace. I enjoyed your poem. (Have a super day.) Lovingly, Dane Ann

Sara Kendrick

Date: 4/19/2011 3:20:00 PM

Good luck in the contest with this creative work..Reads like a winning idea..Sara

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 4/19/2011 3:13:00 PM

haha, you just put literature back centuries. But I sure know the problem of reading long boring books and poets like Longfellow without falling to sleep. I enjoyed this funny one.

Dr.Ram Mehta

Date: 4/19/2011 12:59:00 PM

Oh,You have said it what I have been feeling for the last 15 years. Good luck

Cherie Durbin

Date: 4/19/2011 8:08:00 AM

Superb entry, Tahera. Thanks to Poetry Soup, books aren't as thrilling as they used to be.