wanted: any book with these attributes:
a hidden wish to fly, to become invisible
never to lie
to turn to gold at a moment's notice and
then back again
easy to read at sunrise, sets with the sun
in complementary colours doesn't anger
anyone, is good company when it rains
or when its going to snow for so many
days no one will ever be able to
find your house
and borrow a book again.
seems like a friend, stays where you put it
unless you have pets, is restful, too
with plenty of pictures
sleeps while you eat your stew
and causes reveries but not sneezes.
has a cherry red tendency to
make you feel like holidays at home
when you were little and all tucked in
with colourful covers all up to your chin
and reading a story till long past the time
and then giving in to the fairy tale chime
and knowing tomorrow new chapters would gleam
and this is the book that makes you dream...
mary angela douglas 9 april 2016
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
Magical book of dreams. What a lovely idea. And a lovely poem. Well done. Tom Billsborough
Thank you it was very fun to write especially the part about it resting while I ate the stew as I've never been able to eat and read at the same time always spilling something on the pristine pages. And the holiday part was fun too. Like being back home to write it. Bless you for appreciating the poem and the poem feels the same way about it too.