like ancient
desert worn parchment
where the text has faded
let me curl against you
let us fold up together
let there be no dry whisper
of fingertips smoothing
our edges
no
flattening us
let us spiral together
our stories winding about
one another
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Oh, excellent! I love the treatment and the metaphor!
Thank you very much!
The personification of the library and the books is excellent. Love it.
Thank you! ๐
This is brilliant! Love it.
Thank you! And thanks for stopping by. ๐
That’s a library with which I’d like a membership! Beautiful words, Chuckie.
I’m sure I’ll find you wandering the stacks, checking out the “art” books.
I’m sure you’ll be checking out the racks……. of self help books.
Ha ha ha. That was a double whammy. You win ๐คฃ
Lol! Double whammy!! ๐ป๐ป Gee, thanks boob.
Ooh, snow capped! My favorite mounds!
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OMG ๐ฒ!
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No, I can’t let that go unanswered.
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wornderful wrapping of your words around your subject. I was in a libraryish mood the other night as well. oh, and i’ll express my displeasure for spiral bindings (well, on books anyway)
Thank you!
Lovely use of curling and the image of pages of a book.
Thank you. The prompt is responsible for the images.
I love the curling, folding and spirally together ~ A creative approach to loving books ~ Happy new year!
Happy New Year! Thank you for your kind words.
I read an analogy of old lovers with parchment skin in this wonderful whorl of words
Then you got what my original idea was! Thanks for reading and commenting. ๐
Like bookends ๐
Proud of your long journey as one. Beautiful metaphor!
Thank you!
book porn:) tastefully done
I’ll have work on the les tasteful kind. But I won’t thrust it on anyone.
See what I did there?
ha ha ha. my kind of humor
I love that “dry whisper,” especially.
Thank you! I was just imagining that sound of your fingertips on old paper.
ooooh, I do love this! The intertwining, our edges and our stories spiraling together…:)
I’m pleased you like it. Thanks so much for reading and commenting.
Wow, so beautiful! Me saying anything else can just spoil it. I’m just going to read it again and go Awwwwwhh.
Thank you for your kind words.
This is my favorite so far ๐ I am literally swooning here โค๏ธ
Swooning? Wow, thank you very much!
I like this very much. Stories combining, creating something new and wonderful.
Thank you. I’m happy it spoke to you.
I love the image of people as books – and books as people…
I really like this one.Any poem that uses library, books and parchment imagery well is a work of art that I am bound to fall in love with.
Thank you! ๐
I like the idea of spiraling stories together.
Thank you. There’s just something compelling about a spiral.
I love this–and chuckling at some of the comments above. ๐
Thanks, M! This was a good poem for the new year.
Yes, it was.
Lovely sustained metaphor from my favourite crow ๐
Thank you, Jane ๐
Fresh thoughts on curling up with a book ๐
Totally yummy and gorgeous!
Thank you. ๐