Best Bookshelves Poems

Gathering dust on my bookshelf,
Old textbooks from my past major,
Reveal something about myself
(Never read again, I’d wager).

Attached in place by hidden tacks,
Gathering dust on my bookshelf,
Paper mache’ Mardi Gras masks
(I never really wore myself).

Gardening books share the top shelf
With outdated references;
Gathering dust on my bookshelf,
Indicating...

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Bookshelves: books, memories galore,
Bears, a dog, a monkey. Candle glow.
Music flows into the window, light.
Presidents Can. Music all over house.
Flowers, pictures, bulletin boards, 
Plenty of files and Kleenex, cards.
Statures of Jesus over my shoulder.
Desks for writing, no biting my 
Polished nails, hails in North Carolina.
South...

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Spiritual dragons – the ones that kill
reside and wait impatiently for seeking fingers.
Hobbits eat breakfast mushrooms
in a leather-bound shire.
Small books on overly large religions.
Poets and their random works
all in a row.

The shelves are long but not lengthy
I lack the space for unnecessary reading.
I write now,
I...

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Bookshelves

My bookshelves filled with
books radiate
chive mood swings.
...

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