Regina Mcintosh Poet Free verse

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Paperbacks and Gluttony

I’ve read too many
Words – adjectives and adverbs
Poetry and prose
Both delicious with color
And captivating with feeling
Like music, they have charmed me
My mind absorbs their excuses
Benefiting from their reasons
Justifications that count
Me one of the spellbound
One of the awestruck
One trapped by names
Styles and expressions
Terms and verses
Disputes within the passages

I have read them
Devoured them with a hunger
That is almost a living thing
Forcing me to wolf them down
Like the glutton I am

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Anisha Dutta March 31, 2021 at 9:05 AM So may new words I am learning after being involved i PS Nice Poem. Good Example.

Krish Radhakrishna March 30, 2021 at 4:42 AM great write with good conclusion. Nice example!:)

Beata Agustin March 17, 2021 at 7:59 PM Your "scholarly gluttony" is excellently justified by this poetic muse of yours. Thanks for sharing. God bless you.

Joanna Daniel March 16, 2021 at 7:01 PM I agree with you here, Gina, great way to describe your love for words:)

Andrea Dietrich March 16, 2021 at 2:05 PM really cool metaphors, Regina. To think of all the words we have "devoured" in our lifetime, certainly as many as calories!!! Especially those of us that read Soup every day!!!

Carolyn Devonshire March 16, 2021 at 12:45 PM Your appetite for reading is commendable, Regina! It's your love for the written word that makes you such a great poet. Stay hungry! Hugs, carolyn Carolyn Devonshire March 16, 2021 at 12:51 PM Nice example for your contest too!

Robert Pettit March 15, 2021 at 11:34 AM Read all you want. There are no calories in those book pages.

Darlene De Beaulieu March 15, 2021 at 11:28 AM Hello Regina, I have many books myself. Right now i am reading several books. They are not the same theme. Enjoy your day my frind.

L Milton Hankins March 15, 2021 at 8:24 AM So well-expressed, Gina. Indeed, I think most of us who express ourselves in writing can relate to your words. I, too, have devoured books my entire lifetime. Good writing.