Poems about Reading
#reading
Poems about reading, here you'll find poetry about reading books and other literature. Poems about reading as a hobby, learning from books and taking inspiration from other writers. Poetry about reading; feeding our imagination from the written word.
dartford
Paul S...
Paul S...
Poem Published
5th Nov 2024 11:36pm
5th Nov 2024 11:36pm
greater concentration is needed
I don’t enjoy long poems
whereas I can read a novel
of five hundred pages or
so long as they stick to the plot
but a poem requires
greater concentration from the reader
and the poem and the writer
could have cut quite a lot
whereas I can read a novel
of five hundred pages or
so long as they stick to the plot
but a poem requires
greater concentration from the reader
and the poem and the writer
could have cut quite a lot
#reading
62 reads
5 Comments
oskar
Poem Published
22nd Oct 2024 11:20am
22nd Oct 2024 11:20am
a cold snap
cold environment
In the flat farming landscape
the soil had frozen solid in the absence of snow
in a hollow, rain had made a lake
where he could go try skating after the animals
had been seen to
when he opened the door to the stalls, the cows
mooed wanted milking and stalls cleaned
with fresh straws
sheep and goats, taken into the barn
were the first to let out when there was a thaw
with his job done, washed his hands in
the scullery kitchen ate big slices of homemade bread, cheese, marmalade, and milk
the tiny lake...
In the flat farming landscape
the soil had frozen solid in the absence of snow
in a hollow, rain had made a lake
where he could go try skating after the animals
had been seen to
when he opened the door to the stalls, the cows
mooed wanted milking and stalls cleaned
with fresh straws
sheep and goats, taken into the barn
were the first to let out when there was a thaw
with his job done, washed his hands in
the scullery kitchen ate big slices of homemade bread, cheese, marmalade, and milk
the tiny lake...
#books
#LifeAsAWriter
#MyInspiration #reading
#MyInspiration #reading
57 reads
0 Comments
dartford
Paul S...
Paul S...
Poem Published
14th Oct 2024 00:25am
14th Oct 2024 00:25am
a quick look at the bloke
read somewhere that alexander
pope was one of the most quoted in the
book of most quoted quotations;
but hardly anyone today can be arsed
to read his poems, and yet everybody today
loves a bloody good quote
pope was one of the most quoted in the
book of most quoted quotations;
but hardly anyone today can be arsed
to read his poems, and yet everybody today
loves a bloody good quote
#historical
#reading
81 reads
3 Comments
oldmanG
Poem Published
12th Oct 2024 12:55pm
12th Oct 2024 12:55pm
Drag Thoughts
Drag thoughts
Thoughts drag
Drag story time
Reading books
Drag thoughtful
Pleasure in human flesh
Thoughtful drag
Lifts up my spirits
Just want to exist
In this hateful place
Not putting upon
What makes me be alive
Thoughts in drag
Reasoned and respectful
Why can’t they be one of us
When they give so much love
Not asking for anything special
Just to be realized as human
And not a freak of nature
The only thing they groom
Is...
Thoughts drag
Drag story time
Reading books
Drag thoughtful
Pleasure in human flesh
Thoughtful drag
Lifts up my spirits
Just want to exist
In this hateful place
Not putting upon
What makes me be alive
Thoughts in drag
Reasoned and respectful
Why can’t they be one of us
When they give so much love
Not asking for anything special
Just to be realized as human
And not a freak of nature
The only thing they groom
Is...
#identity
#LGBT
#love
#misunderstood
#reading
101 reads
2 Comments
InDreamz
Poem Published
5th Oct 2024 9:29pm
5th Oct 2024 9:29pm
Bliss (etheree)
Cool
crisp air
sweet chirpings
whispering leaves
carefree clouds sailing
across the azure sky
soft glow of the evening sun
soulful song and divine coffee
old book smell speaking ancient secrets
words dancing delightfully in mind's eyes
crisp air
sweet chirpings
whispering leaves
carefree clouds sailing
across the azure sky
soft glow of the evening sun
soulful song and divine coffee
old book smell speaking ancient secrets
words dancing delightfully in mind's eyes
#happiness
#nature
#reading
190 reads
12 Comments
dartford
Paul S...
Paul S...
Poem Published
3rd Oct 2024 00:27am
3rd Oct 2024 00:27am
a skimmer of stones on the surface of knowledge
a mere dilettante, of course,
I struggle to look deeper
into the pond, when there are
so many rivers
I struggle to look deeper
into the pond, when there are
so many rivers
#reading
104 reads
1 Comment
PAR
Poem Published
25th Sep 2024 5:15pm
25th Sep 2024 5:15pm
Almost Sylvia Plath
To endure and not spill at all.
I abandoned myself like a patchwork.
And I peel the epidermis from me like pomegranate seeds.
I juggled once more.
A sort of wandering spectacle, my exit
A captive without parchment,
detain the scarf.
The persona, the jointed hollows, the array of molars?
Soon, on strike the steak
And I, a lady, a superior lady.
This is the ceramic femur.
What a billion embellishments.
They flay my palms and soles—
These were my fingers
My elbows, no, my elbows ache.
Yet...
I abandoned myself like a patchwork.
And I peel the epidermis from me like pomegranate seeds.
I juggled once more.
A sort of wandering spectacle, my exit
A captive without parchment,
detain the scarf.
The persona, the jointed hollows, the array of molars?
Soon, on strike the steak
And I, a lady, a superior lady.
This is the ceramic femur.
What a billion embellishments.
They flay my palms and soles—
These were my fingers
My elbows, no, my elbows ache.
Yet...
#LifeAsAWriter
#MyInspiration
#PowerOfWords
#reading
#WritingPoetry
89 reads
3 Comments
PAR
Poem Published
24th Sep 2024 11:26am
24th Sep 2024 11:26am
POP
there was something very scary.
in that look.
in those dilated pupils.
in that drooling dead mouth.
all, all, all open and receptive.
In the background, someone said a linguistic gem.
as if the music had stopped being heard.
I found you strange and continued my way along the gallery walls.
an endless stream of still lifes.
Everything about that scene brought to mind paintings.
by some unknown pop art artists.
in that look.
in those dilated pupils.
in that drooling dead mouth.
all, all, all open and receptive.
In the background, someone said a linguistic gem.
as if the music had stopped being heard.
I found you strange and continued my way along the gallery walls.
an endless stream of still lifes.
Everything about that scene brought to mind paintings.
by some unknown pop art artists.
#art
#freedom
#passion
#reading
#travel
95 reads
4 Comments
Casted_Runes
Mr Karswell
Mr Karswell
Poem Published
4th Aug 2024 1:16am
4th Aug 2024 1:16am
Relating to Genius
I haven’t felt closer to great poets
than when I heard that Dylan Thomas
liked to eat sweets and consume detective stories
in the bath. To where his wife would hide
the books in hope that he’d sit down to work instead.
I may never write an Under Milk Wood,
but I’ll be reading classic crime
with dolly mix until I’m dead.
than when I heard that Dylan Thomas
liked to eat sweets and consume detective stories
in the bath. To where his wife would hide
the books in hope that he’d sit down to work instead.
I may never write an Under Milk Wood,
but I’ll be reading classic crime
with dolly mix until I’m dead.
#reading
135 reads
5 Comments
VictorDLopez
Poem Published
18th Jul 2024 11:55pm
18th Jul 2024 11:55pm
Poem announcing free eBooks through July 31
As my thanks to all,
I've made all of my eBooks,
On sale for July.
Single stories free,
Full books 25 percent off,
Through end of July.
Includes poetry,
Also fiction collections,
And my novel too.
Not all retailers,
Will honor the sale this month,
A number, though, will.
Smashwords honors all,
Includes law-related books,
Check out all below.
Thank you in advance,
For your support, dear readers,
Hope you'll view the sale.
Smashwords link to my eBooks...
I've made all of my eBooks,
On sale for July.
Single stories free,
Full books 25 percent off,
Through end of July.
Includes poetry,
Also fiction collections,
And my novel too.
Not all retailers,
Will honor the sale this month,
A number, though, will.
Smashwords honors all,
Includes law-related books,
Check out all below.
Thank you in advance,
For your support, dear readers,
Hope you'll view the sale.
Smashwords link to my eBooks...
#books
#gratitude
#haiku #reading
#haiku #reading
133 reads
0 Comments
dartford
Paul S...
Paul S...
Poem Published
7th Jul 2024 11:42pm
7th Jul 2024 11:42pm
one likes to come across odd books and stuff
serendipity in a second hand bookshop is less of a thing than
it was, because of the internet I
guess unexpectedly coming
across a second hand bookshop
is serendipitous enough
it was, because of the internet I
guess unexpectedly coming
across a second hand bookshop
is serendipitous enough
#reading
118 reads
7 Comments
MidnightSonneteer
Poem Published
23rd Jun 2024 1:13am
23rd Jun 2024 1:13am
The Sammelband Dream
I saw two dark volumes of ancient text
with their cover boards in a collate twist
and old water damage that left them flexed,
which is just the thing no scholar can resist.
They were under an old magazine stack
of surplus National Geographics
and a Britannica set, on a rack,
with an undiscovered script of Sapphics.
They were the totem midnight mind précis
of all the old books I will never read
or quick scan on a literary spree,
were I an immortal cranked up on speed.
...
with their cover boards in a collate twist
and old water damage that left them flexed,
which is just the thing no scholar can resist.
They were under an old magazine stack
of surplus National Geographics
and a Britannica set, on a rack,
with an undiscovered script of Sapphics.
They were the totem midnight mind précis
of all the old books I will never read
or quick scan on a literary spree,
were I an immortal cranked up on speed.
...
#books
#LifeAsAWriter
#passion #reading
#passion #reading
161 reads
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