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[labellementeuse]

So, in honour of my recent resolution to write every day... A poem! This one's been stewing for about two days. And it's for sixth_light in honour of the french, and for Dymocks bookstore in honour of the armchairs. (h)



meditations in whitcoulls

i

walking through a bookshop
is walking through the world enbound.

caught between the pages
are a thousand infinities
whispering to each other.

i can hear them and my heart leaps;
it seems to me that the world
is just around the corner
at the opening of a page.

ii

In the Children's Section
I
am
surprised

by

heartache.

In the rows of the familiar
the painfully nostalgic
I can put my fingers on my childhood;

The part that hurts is:
there are new books in between the old
And I
will
never
read
them.

I'm too old for that now.

iii

Science fiction/fantasy
that's my patch.

I grin back at the familiar hardbacks,
cataloging in my head:
yes, yes, no, love that, want that,

when's the next Pratchett coming out?

iv

I have never been fond of nonfiction.
Only suitably fantastical biographies really suit.
But I'm wandering the unfamiliar aisles
in search of a French/English dictionary
madame j'ai perdu ma route... ou sont les dictionnaires s'il vous plait?

v

I love bookshops.

Comments

[cactus-cat.livejournal.com]

*grins* That was cool.

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

XD Thank you!

I love feedback, it is Coolness beyond words.

[gabbysun.livejournal.com]

OMG.

This is unbelievably gorgeous. I love the layout of the poem, especially the Children's section.

It's, like, speaking to my heart.

EEEE. *memories it*

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

*BLUSHES* Thank you so much. *_*

[gabbysun.livejournal.com]

NOOOO PROBLEMO!

[sixth-light.livejournal.com]

Hardbacks? Which Dymocks are you at, girl? Us plebs only have enough money for paperbacks!

I like. Especially the first two sections - that's _exactly_ how I feel about all my childhood books. I know I'm too old for them, but they look like summer and lunchtimes and reading under the covers after bed-time. But opening them again is losing the magic, because then they're just words again...

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

Hah, oh yeah, I'm a pleb, I'm such a pleb I can't afford paperbacks. But hey, I love hardbacks; my favourite book is my hardcover SYWTBAW Anniversary Edition that I got in Washington because ee, it's leather! (Actually, the YW hardbacks are all beautifully bound. *wants*)

Yay *blush* thanks!