Sleeping with Books

Inhaling the exhilarating

bouquet of new print

by the golden glow

of the reading lamp,

I taste little pieces of prose,

then fall all the way in,

comforted in the texture of pages, 

soft as sun-warmed 

Belinda’s Dream roses,

inviting the inscription of

free verse rhythms 

in the sleeve.

 

Highlighters and ink stars

bleed wild flowers

across aqua-coloured

Egyptian cotton sheets.

Water lilies blossom

in the sapphire satin blanket,  

spirals of petals and sepals 

arising like northern lights 

over Greenland.

Sipping jasmine tea,

in bed with my books,

my soul unto itself,

I speak aloud

my deepest revelations

of passion and awe,

how much I love

the home they are to me.

Author's Note

I always appreciate any and all editing advice and suggestions for tweaks of all kinds! Much gratitude!

Reviews

[C. Rose]

wow! This had me smiling by the line about tasting prose. I love the reality visual of highlighters and ink stars compared to the fanciful visual of an ink stain as a wildflower. Looking closer you seem to go back in forth from the real visual of northern lights and tea to abstract "soul unto itself" and passion and love. Great balance between the real visuals that draw up my own happy memories of reading in bed and more poetic visuals.

[Cynthia Sharp]

Thank you so much C. Rose for the gift of your thoughts and time. I enjoy your work too, especially your enticing titles!

[mou]

it's so wonderful...i like your way of mixing emotion with words ......

[Cynthia Sharp]

Thanks Mou!

[mou]

most welcome :)

[Re-Pete]

Great imagery. Good flow. Favorite lines - "Inhaling the exhilarating bouquet of new print". "I taste little pieces of prose, then fall all the way in". You really do love your books that's for certain. Nice job. Enjoyed this.

[Cynthia Sharp]

Thanks Pete!

[katja]

there is something magic in the feel of bound spine & crisp pages, entire worlds held between your fingers ...
... you've snared this in some striking imagery
brava

[Cynthia Sharp]

Thanks Katja!

[JC]

you're just really damn good, not sure what else to say, you create rich imagery and feeling, I can sense that you see the world and feel things differently, more acutely.

[Cynthia Sharp]

Thank you so much JC!