Reading is one of my most favorite things and I'm a bookaholic. I cannot go into a bookstore without buying just one more. If this addiction were to alcohol and drugs, I'd be one sick puppy! But thankfully it's just books!! So my response to One Deep Breath's prompt to books and reading was quick and simple. Go here for more on the subject.
the book on the table
tempts me with its pages
delicious words
capture my senses
meaning ambrosial
reading through the night
story binds me to the past
the sweet history of breathing
flavors the dark with love
no time for sleep
i’ve drifted away
on somebody else’s raft
words keep me afloat
clinging to meaning
i survive an angry sea
tempts me with its pages
delicious words
capture my senses
meaning ambrosial
reading through the night
story binds me to the past
the sweet history of breathing
flavors the dark with love
no time for sleep
i’ve drifted away
on somebody else’s raft
words keep me afloat
clinging to meaning
i survive an angry sea
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i love the line about drifting away on somebody's raft. lovely.
ReplyDeletei love the words you select and use so well...ambrosial, binds, flavors, clinging...
ReplyDelete"words keeping me afloat"...your imagery is also "delicious"
Bookaholics unite! Our numbers are growing (just like my bookshelves LOL)
ReplyDeleteI agree with Susan - I love your descriptions of reading. "Delicious words," "meaning ambrosial" - there definitely is "no time for sleep"!
Ambrosial, delicious, binding, drifting - there are lovely words here, and they sing together in the most wonderful way.
ReplyDelete"I've drafted away on someone else's raft"...yes!
ReplyDeletelovely poem ... and ode to lovers of books!
ReplyDeleteI'm a bookaholic too! Lovely use of words here.
ReplyDeleteOh my god, I have been on that raft too, and didn't want to come back! All great haiku!
ReplyDeleteThese were all awesome and that last one was exceptional!
ReplyDeleteHello my name is Tammy and I'm a bookaholic ;)
It's time to curl up in bed with a good book during these autumn nights. Your poetry reminds me that addiction is not always a bad thing.
ReplyDeleteI can relate to "reading through the night..." I've stayed up way too late on many occasions when reading a good book.
ReplyDelete"words keep me afloat" - that's an image that really struck me - thanks!
ReplyDeletesuper haiku - huckleberry finn is one of my favourites so i love the idea of being on a drifting raft. :o)
ReplyDelete>Surviving an angry sea<
ReplyDeletePerfect expression of a book's power to save.