Wednesday, September 3, 2014

Only 2 Old Sages


Only 2 Old Sages
Two bookcases remain
Cajoled she donates
Read for your laps
A lap top of course
Slow but has light
Can be out of sight
Hours of reading
Many hours typing
 
Missing hard pages
           Only 2 like old Sages
Picture by Claudia Schoenfeld

20 comments:

Claudia said...

smiles.. i love my laptop but there's nothing that could replace a real book that smells of paper and adventure..

brudberg said...

We'd like to live with even more cages..

Mary said...

Well, this has me trying to guess the story.

Gabriella said...

Your poem made me wonder about the context. Who she is, why she has to be out of sight...

Brian Miller said...

nice rhyme scheme...i could spend all day in a bookstore or library....

Anonymous said...

There is something wonderful about holding a book, but I'll admit that I read more and more on my tablet. The diminishing need for bookshelves is somewhat alarming though!

Glenn Buttkus said...

Like the abstract take on Claudia's sketch; do not quite follow the thrust of it, but like the feel of it, & the direction it takes us.

Michael said...

This was a most interesting take on the painting. 2 old sages you say? Nicely done.

Truedessa said...

Two old sages..could be wisdom in those pages..

Delaina said...

Nicely penned!

Scarlet said...

I can imagine they would miss the hard pages ~

Kathy Reed said...

I like this very much and almost chose this painting of Claudia's...old books on shelves, the musty scent almost reaches out at us...and I like how you made a snapshot of it but in poetry..

RMP said...

hmm...I cannot imagine a life without the physical, tangible feel of books. they are such a soothing presence....I imagine one day I will have a museum room instead of a library. hmmm...

Peggy said...

Hours reading sounds wonderful! Thanks for linking this.

Arathi Harihar said...

a real book will always have a soft corner in everyone's heart..lovely lines on this sketch..

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Sumana Roy said...

the reader and the writer ...the two old sages who still hold the books in hand and spend hours together...

kaykuala said...

Reading a book like letter writing may in no time be discarded. If only the passion persists! Nicely Seaside!

Hank

Margaret said...

only two bookcases left - I don't know, there is something I have not yet grown to like about electronic books -

vb holmes said...

"Missing hard pages" says it all for me--love my iPad but don't relate visually to the epage the way I do to a paper page.