Paperbacks Poems - Poems about Paperbacks

Beautiful

...Quote By Author "Dear Writer, Have a blessed day 
writing away your beautiful writes to all of the readers."

A writer chooses their words with glory,
their words will tell a story.
Sometimes it...

Books

...Books 

I went to the Frankfurt Book Fair the other day.
It was mind-boggling..Books! 
There were fat books, thin books,
White books, black books, tawny books,
Paperbacks, hardbacks, beautifull...

Bliss

...Bliss
browsing paperbacks
Goodwill...

Thief

...The book - an abridged dictionary.
Hardcover, thick and weighty.

I open the cover, discover
a library record,
the book had not been checked out 
or in for decades. 1974 is stamped clearly.

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Summer Sun

...
Summer meant playing with cousins
Until the fireflies started to dance and glide
Soaring just beyond our small hands
And, then, sometimes reaching the end
Of a journey inside a Mason ja...

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 excu...

Moved

...Out of the bowels of the apartment come 
the trivia of the past.

Old receipts pushed to the backs of drawers,
faintly accusatory, 
records of money and passions spent;  
Yellowed paperbacks ma...

Modern Royal Treatment

...After taking a shot of claret wine 
Thackray on a mission to find 
And she was not going to be declined 
With a blade in hand getting a goal 
Thackray did not look old 
Spirits very high 
Heade...

Collegetown Hipsters

...I see you hipsters in rustic coffee shops with pictures of Marlyn Monroe and contemporary art, 
the girl in all black with a black beret to make her look more avant-garde and red colored hair that w...

Thief

...The book - an abridged dictionary.

I open the cover, discover
a library record,
the book had not been
checked out or checked in.
1974 is stamped clearly on the page. 

I found it under a hil...

Devour a Good Book

...Once a bookworm from Timbuktu 
Devoured every book he went through
He was quiet scary
Ate every book in the library
First editions, hardcovers and paperbacks too

The Bookworm Poetry Contest
S...

Into the Void

...Paperbacks tell the tales 
Of those lost in time
They occupy your intellect
You slowly waste your mind
Like television and internet
There are worse ways to unwind
Judgement comes from all aroun...

Medals

...You ask to know my history
What part of me is best
What were these medals given for
All worn upon my breast.

This one is for bravery
This one is for injury
This one is for gunnery
This one's...

Old-School Gentleman's Club

...A pool table lined with blue felt
sports a lively, raucous game,
ivory cracks, the men drink,
shoot the bull while they play.

A humidor lined in fine wood
stocked with Cuban cigars,
a smoking...

Books Galore

...I went to the Frankfurt Book Fair the other day.
It was mind-boggling..
Books! There were fat books, thin books,
White books, black books, tawny books,
Paperbacks, hardbacks, beautifully bound bo...

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