Books charm

I would like to see this expanded, but maybe this could be just me? A hunch about the title tells me different. The last line throws me a little. ______________________________________________________ Income-tax forms should be more realistic by allowing the taxpayer to list "Uncle Sam" as a dependent Anonymous

Nina I see you holding a book feeling its texture of the way it has been bound. You flick through the pages seeing the text - line after line so neatly on the page waiting for a word to draw you in. I am waiting with bated breath - what comes next? Or are you too asking this question? Always Electric Blue

to be an "Ode to books" Nina but ended up as an engaging snippet. Like Janice i would urge you to develop it some more. I also had a slight problem with the "specks" image in the last line. I suppose it could refer to the appearance of the spine of the book when the cover is removed but i preferred to think that it was the print on the pages. If so perhaps "black marks" or something like that since i dont realy see print as "specks" unless it is very very small lol. All the best, Keith

the brevity. Also the title, so apt. The piece tempts me to play, perhaps inappropriately, as in: Behold your linen binding! Oh, the rustling of paper pages Offering a multi-coloured world Wrapped in neat rows of black dots! Thanx, Chuck

this is good writing. so much said in so few words. keep it up.

I get it now, an acrostic! Duh~ Sorry that is why it so short. Kept in neat rows on dusty shelves? Kept in rows all askew? Kept forever in my memory Kept at arm's length Nicely written its yours to play with~ ______________________________________________________ Income-tax forms should be more realistic by allowing the taxpayer to list "Uncle Sam" as a dependent Anonymous

like the change of the last word from Specks to Dots flows better after reading the change as my eyes tire as all may do (mine do) cant read the fine print like I could once 20/20 vision to boot!! or almost so indeed fine print to me is "black dots" and Im sure to any person who cant read a book is an intruquing thing still I enjoyed this poem

what a great poem! I feel this to be one of your best charms. I especially love the ending, made me smile... brilliant... I'll probably be thinking about it for the next few weeks, everytime I pick up a book. but I suppose that's why they're called charms, right? ;-) your Proprietress

altering the title a bit ... to Books Charm? Yours, Chuck

This is lovely, sweet & enticing, a really delicious read Nina Anni "Out beyond the ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I will meet you there. When the soul lies down in that grass, the world is too full to talk about ideas, language, and even the phrase, "each other" doesn't make any sense."

Ahh yes - Books Charm, lucky I stole some moments to read above, I might have missed this very clever litle acrostic spell!!! Love it, you have such a wonderful brain woman! Anni "Out beyond the ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I will meet you there. When the soul lies down in that grass, the world is too full to talk about ideas, language, and even the phrase, "each other" doesn't make any sense."