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The Long Table

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:02:30 +0100

We gather together to enjoy
the feast of stories, lives, words,
poems in rhyme or not,
a long banquet spread for
hungry minds to feed
to their heart's content.

Donation Box

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:16:59 +0100

What will you leave behind for
those who come after you;
can you spare some very
small words printed on
some very small papers with
numbers of one and five and ten
or perhaps some silver or copper
pieces, perhaps, to purchase some
more words to leave behind?

Whole Wide Globe

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 17:09:15 +0100

When you need to know
the world in a globe,
a library holds
the whole planet for you
to set sail, dig in, dive deep,
and explore.

Picture Books

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:36:39 +0100

Picture books
of every size
fit the hands and
fit the eyes
of the smallest people
who love to read
about Daisy-Head Mayzie
and Mulberry Street.

Paperbacks

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:52:36 +0100

Paperback books travel well in
and out of airports, pockets,
bathtubs, friends and acquaintances;
a portable, shareable, light-
handed carousel telling of
stories.

Read Me!

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:55:56 +0100

Read me! Read me!
Read me next!
Look at my pictures
and tell the text!

So many! So many!
So many to choose!
May we read them
aloud by twos?

Ladder Backs

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:53:38 +0100

Ladder-back chairs are
straight-backed for climbing
hand-over-hand,
thought-over-thought;
rungs for sturdy imaginations
to travel and keep you
in place.

New Eyes

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:55:12 +0100

Sometimes you need a new view,
a different angle of common things,
a window with clean glass overlooking
ordinary trees and grasses criss-crossed
with your footprints. Sometimes you need
to read old stories from new eyes.

Season's Shine

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:22:56 +0100

Store windows twinkle,
sparkle, glitter, and glow in
the season of giving, of
shining, of singing, of
joyful rejoicing in
wonder-filled children with
sugar-plumed dreams, jingled
and prancing, a shiny red nose!

Sweet Potato

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:01:33 +0100

a tender loving
of her young,
mother potato
shrivels herself
creating roots,
drying as she
nurses her
offspring to
life.