Today, I continue our Teaching Authors series on libraries: how we use them, why we love them, and what we love about them.
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I stopped in yesterday to drop off books I had read, pick up books I had requested, browse a bit, and take a few pictures for this post. Alas, although I can see the photos on the camera, my laptop will not read the disk.
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Only when it works. I’ll leave you instead with some lovely spring flowers, photographed with my phone.
You’ll have to imagine the community bulletin board, the student art on display, the helpful staff. Imagine Miss Heide herding a flock of chirpy kids through the picture book area. Imagine two rambunctious boys rifling through a pile of books on a little black cart. They inspired this poem.
Little Black Cart
Are you done with your books?
Please don’t put them back.
Shelving is tricky,
and we have the knack.
Whatever you’ve finished—
The Farm Almanac,
Training Your Yak,
Baking a Snack,
Riding Horseback,
Ducklings that Quack,
Your Zodiac,
How to Kayak,
Programming a Mac—
belongs in this stack.
If you’re not checking out
that collection of art,
decided against
the novella with heart,
don’t need the recipe
for strawberry tart,
leave your books here
on the little black cart.
Not sure what your library has to offer? Check out the web site. Better yet, stop in and visit!
Today’s Poetry Friday Roundup is at Reading to the Core. Enjoy!
JoAnn Early Macken
7 comments:
Love the photos and the poem, JA!
What lovely SPRING images and poem. Thank you for this wisdom!
Love that middle stanza!
Thanks, everyone! Mary Lee, I had the most fun with that middle stanza. I could go on and on!
Love the idea of capturing spring with a poem. And yes a picture too. :)
Love "Little Black Cart"! Such fun to read :D
Very charming. I love it.
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