The Gobbler of Books

Gargantuan with head held high

And tail fanned out against the sky,

It gazes South, expression plain,

And ev’ry day, in shine or rain,

Despite the fact it’s heard by none,

To ev’rything and ev’ryone

It gobbles on about the tales

Of mystery, and of travails,

The fairy tales, and tales of fright,

And all the rest that bring delight.

For it this knowledge wants to share

With common people ev’rywhere,

And influence them more and more

To come and leisurely explore

Its myriad of pleasant nooks

Stacked high with captivating books,

And maybe sit and read the first

That makes their fascination burst.

For only then could ev’ry word

The bird is gobbling be heard

Ensuring all inside and out

Have more to gobble on about.

-EDP

Reviews

[Quickbeam]

Great poem about a gargantuan having a passion of sharing stories and reading :)

[emipoemi]

Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for reading. (The gargantuan is actually a building where I'm from and what people here colloquially call it).

[tktk]

How fabulous! I love the idea of a giant bird-monster talking everybody's ear off about the joys of reading. Looking forward to reading more of your work :)

[emipoemi]

Looking forward to reading your thoughts about it. Glad you enjoyed it.

[Great Aunt Astri]

Gargantuan? I shall have to look that up. But I get the message. Reading definitely needs to be encouraged. Lovely structured rhyming poem.

[emipoemi]

(It's a synonym for "gigantic"). I'm glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for reading. You would also understand it more if you knew about the a certain library in Toronto (and what it looks like).

[Great Aunt Astri]

There is also a folk story about the Gargantua. He was a giant who kept eating things (people included, I believe!). I will try to look up the Toronto Library.