Reading...

Submitted by KatieSara on Sat, 12/20/2008 - 00:04
I'm staring at the shelf
Not sure what to choose
A familiar tale I've read before?
Or something altogether new?
Shall I laugh and cry with the characters I know,
Friends I've always loved?
Or should I embark on an unknown path
And embrace whatever comes?
I grab the new book, ready to sail
On a strange and unexplored sea.
Ready to make new acquaintances
With every chapter I read.
I sit down in my favorite chair
I can smell the fresh, unturned pages.
I read the first words, I'm already there,
The scene unfolds before me
And as I become enveloped by fancy
I'm lost to the world
Deep in another,
No one can reach me...
Author's age when written
15
Genre

Comments

You captured the adventure of reading a book wonderfully. I especially like the first lines, since I know that staring-at-the-shelf dilemma very well.

“Fairy Tales are more than true; not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.” - G.K. Chesterton

“Fairy Tales are more than true; not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.” - G.K. Chesterton

Welcome to ApricotPie!

I love this poem; it captures the wonder of what-to-read-next perfectly. I go through that a lot. :)
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"I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve." -Bilbo Baggins [The Lord of the Rings]

Great poem! It's just how I feel, too. I love how books all smell different. And I also love how you said the characters were friends you've always loved. I feel that way with my very favorite books, too.

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"Do you know why swallows build their nests in the eaves of houses? It is to listen to the stories."
--Peter Pan

I'm glad ya'll like it!
Hannah W.- Yes, I don't know what I'd do without Anne Shirley/Blythe, the Pevensies, etc....:)
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Katie
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Katie:-)

"Are all humans like this? So much bigger on the inside?"
-Idris/TARDIS

That was perfect.
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I have hated the words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right. --The Book Thief

This is awesome, welcome to AP!
I don't know what life would be like without Harry, Ron and Hermione, and many other characters of other books!!!

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"My red hair gives me superpowers!"-some person's t-shirt

"You were not meant to fit into a shallow box built by someone else." -J. Raymond

wow!! nice job yo!

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"Because After All, A Person's a Person, no matter how small." -Dr.Seuss

"It's twisted, messed up. And the more I think abouti t, it's crazy, but so what?" -Carrie Underwood

And they lived happily

good job.. absluetly perfict. thank you for welcoming me to  A P

 

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