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Poetic Thoughts - little romantic poem - by C.W. Pruitt II

posted: Dec. 14, 2018

There is something romantic about a book. The contents within may be enjoyable or enlightening. The book itself seems to take on a life of its own as it is passed from person to person over generations.

Here is a little romantic poem:

The bookmark juts

from the top of

Emerson Essays.

The hard back

is well-worn

and the cover

is faded

with the passing

of time

and usage

over the last century

or so.

I open to a page

that countless others

have read

over the last century

or so.

As I contemplate

the words of Emerson

my heart soars

to transcendental heights

as countless other

Souls have soared

from reading

this book

for the last century

or so.

C.W. Pruitt II

October 28, 2005

cw@broadripplegazette.com

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