The Trinity of Books

something new

We must unlearn the habit of reading;there is more, the warm cover

and the coffee stains, the day of buying,the sand from that beach in Crete,

the pages that now smell sour,the pencilled annotations of imagined wisdom,

a bill from a plumber long cried over.And the Soul behind it ; the standing

at windows at night, the finding in rooms without moving, the unreturned

questions, the distance. The rest ? - an unfinished spirit, an idea that

seemed good at first, a last page not a full stop , the resignation of

reaching the end of a street at night.

Reviews

[FJ Davis]

Fascinating perceptions, Leslie!

[Pax]

aha! I'm speechless...but then i can't unlearned it and never will for it my favorite part to imagine...wise write!

[Emily B]

yes, oh yes

[Ken Simm.]

I wont ever be able to stop readiing. As long as I am physically and I presume mentally capable. I find reading from books easy. I find reading from screens difficult. I find reading when there is music easy. I find reading when there is talk or images difficult. I have to read everything as apparently so do you. It is about the act of reading is it not. It is not about what you read if I understand aright. It is about the memories engendered by certain reads that have nothing to do with the subject matter of the book.
I must ask, however, first line is it move or should it be more? Two different meanings. Sorry if I you did mean move.

[Leslie Philibert]

Thanks for the great review, and of course I meant more ! - so I´ve corrected that, thanks for the tip

[emmajoy]

Analysis is rarely a wise thing but nevertheless: so many reasons for creating a tome, thoughts that seemed relevant, ideas that had colour, beginnings and endings that had a substantial between.times but .. but .. will the reader realise the labour and emotions involved, will the closing of the book mean a memory or immediate amnesia. It's finding the worth.. or not, maybe in reading but, also, in being.

More than willing to stand corrected!

[Leslie Philibert]

Thanks for your wise and clever thoughts, in the poem I just wanted to ask a few questions about the nature of reading and recall...I don`t have any answers...

[emmajoy]

Perhaps there aren't any real answers? Answers come in various guises, as do opinions.. too many 'buts' and 'what if's', etc. Science is disproved time and time again .. Nature has its own variations and Man metronomes according to it all!