book stores with comfortable chairs

I’m celebrating National Poetry Month by writing and reading poetry, every day. My poetry project is grows out of a list of things that make me happy. I made this list on the 30th of March.

Today is day seventeen a haiku for book stores with comfortable chairs.

between aisles it sits

hidden away for you to

taste an uncracked book

day 17, national poetry month 2021

notebooks, books, pens, paper

I’m celebrating National Poetry Month by writing and reading poetry, every day. My poetry project is grows out of a list of things that make me happy. I made this list on the 30th of March.

Today is day sixteen notebooks, books, pens, paper

Why do you need so many notebooks?

well you see,
they fill many needs

i need notebooks
to fit in certain places
purses
bags
backpacks
bedside tables
desks
cars
pockets

i need notebooks
to fill with ink
blue
black
green
violet
red
highlighted in
yellow
orange
light blue
neon green

i need notebooks
to have a certain type of paper
thick enough not to bleed through
absorbent so ink does not smear
if lined, oh so lightly

i need notebooks
to hold assorted cargo
sketches
pictures
meanders
doodles
pressed flowers
quotations
lists
remembrances

i need notebooks
to chronicle journeys of
travel
thought
memory
wonder
books
books
books

i need notebooks
to work when I
sit in a chair
or at a desk
lay on my bed
or on a towel at the beach

i need notebooks
to meet certain criteria
the thickness of the paper
the way it opens and shuts
and feels in my hands

i need notebooks
to keep track of what
could
should
must
be done

i need notebooks
to mark moments
what was done
thought
said
felt

day 16, national poetry month, 2021