Today I was found by a book
Waiting patiently on a shelf
Amongst the bric-a-brac
Next to a Beatles books of songs
Vases, trinkets, by row and row,
Hardbound and clean as though
Had never read a human eye,
Scripted calligraphy cover in bold style
Red, Gold and Blue
Thought I could read in café awhile
Waiting for the builder
Got a bloody parking ticket though’
And so this book
It danced it shook
Grabbed a hold as if by hook
My hand
£4.00 please, Oh is that all thank you, bye.
Got it home Carole looked
It’s very famous, while she cooked,
I browsed a page and wowed when found
King Alfred made it Old English Sound!
From Latin,
The last wise king of England some say.
Beothius: Consolation of Philosophy,
Forward by Brian Keenan
Lebanese prisoner
Never heard of Beothius
Before this day,
Thank you.
If a library prison was created with guile I wouldn't mind staying quite a while you can't cut the bars with a bibliophile! -chuck
Wow what a find and now I know all about him too Wojja Fink? he wasn't wrong about that wheel! This book was meant to be yours and I adored the journey through the bric-a-brac...a favourite pass time of mine, hunting through charity shops for such treasures...yes, certainly a magnetic Muse....well done, off to bedfordshire...waving sweet dreams to you, Tai
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
Either ways, you are hooked...and booked..! Welcome to the Reading Land! Cheers. Subroto