Sequestered In My Cozy Nook
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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
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//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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Copyright © John Watt | Year Posted 2022
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