Poetry Friday: In Honor of My Weekend of Reading
The First Book
Open it.
Go ahead, it won’t bite.
Well…maybe a little.
More a nip, like. A tingle.
It’s pleasurable, really.
You see, it keeps on opening.
You may fall in.
Sure, it’s hard to get started;
reamember learning to use
knife and fork? Dig in;
You’ll never reach the bottom.
It’s not like it’s the end of the world=
just the world as you think
you know it.
–Rita Dove, from Poetry Speaks to Children
I am reading this weekend, my own “48 Hours of Reading”. I will be gone next weekend. I will be “falling into books”, “digging in” and not reaching the bottom.
My goal:
Read a minimum of eight books that are on the 2008 reader’s choice lists for my area. I started at 8 PM Friday night and will go through 8 PM Sunday. As much as I wanted a clear weekend, some “have to dos” have crept in. Drat!!
What are you doing this weekend? Next weekend, you can participate in the real “48 Hours of Reading” by visiting Mother Reader and signing up there.
Happy Reading.
MsMac
June 2nd, 2007 at 11:17 am
adding you now to the round-up
June 2nd, 2007 at 11:27 pm
Happy reading to you! I hope that you’re enjoying your challenge. I’m going to miss the one next weekend, too, so I’ll have to follow your example and find a weekend to do one on my own. Enjoy!