Library Book Sale. Poem by Michael Walker
Library Book Sale.
There were books everywhere
on shelves in cartons on tables
in no particular order I could see,
neither alphabetical nor Dewey Decimal System.
Some were paperbacks some were cloth covers
Some were hardback, not necessarily better.
They had a more traditional look.
I noticed many coffee table books.
People were buying books in bulk.
Why not at a dollar a book?
I had not seen any non fiction in fact
until I bought 'Goodbye to All That'.
9 December 2019.
See Poem Hunter/ R. Graves/ Life.
The sale was last Friday afternoon and evening.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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4/28/2024 2:17:53 PM # 1.0.0.1119
I have fully relished this sumptuous 'Library Book Sale' which brought to me images of my own past experience with similar sales 'There were books everywhere... in no particular order'. Though, it is a blind search, but when you chance upon a classic or otherwise a fine book, you get the delight of a lifetime. I have many coffee table books and classics of lasting value which to me via similar sales. Thanks. I enjoyed this beautiful account.
A very astute assessment. I'm pleased to hear that you have been to similar book sales and like them as much as I do. I paid more for the book which I chose, well worth the price. I read very few novels these days, if any. Yet I used to specialise in them. Now it's non fiction.