Short Paperbacks Poems

Bliss
browsing paperbacks
Goodwill...

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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
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3/8/19...

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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 hill of stored paperbacks.

I must have stolen it.
Who the hell would steal a dictionary!
Then it comes to me –

a young man hungry for words
that’s who....

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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.

Under a pile of old paperbacks – hidden
until now.

I must have stolen it.
Who the hell would steal a dictionary!
Then it comes to me –
a young man hungry for words,

that’s who....

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The book sale happens once a year;
I stock up when I go.
The choices wait in boxes,
Alphabetically, by row.

I search for larger paperbacks 
(The ones considered "trade"),
Although they cost as much
As all the hardbacks there displayed.

My son says, "Get a Kindle"
But I love a book in hand, 
A feeling that I know that many
Others understand.

Today they had the book sale
And I carted off my treasures,
So now I have the reads I need
For many summer pleasures....

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