Used books

[Treasa]

This tree

these pages

this book

What a gorgeous wordy staircase.

[LeeAnn Pickrell]

Thanks, Treasa!

[James Lee]

Thanks, LeeAnn. Such a wonderful poem. And I love finding things in old books. I recently borrowed a really ancient one from a local library that contained several pressed leaves. There’s a poem/story there. ✨

[LeeAnn Pickrell]

Definitely a poem there…

[Frances Ray]

This poem which I love captures the reason why I especially enjoy buying used books...intersecting lives of the author, previous readers, current reader and hopefully, future readers, aah.

[LeeAnn Pickrell]

I love that too, obviously. All that history between two covers…

[Fotini Masika]

As a fellow Virgo and a lover of books, words and poems I can't help but love this poem of yours, LeeAnn. Thank you!!!

[LeeAnn Pickrell]

Thank you, Fontini.

[Big Willy]

This is wonderful! Thanks for sharing.

[Jenny Parrott]

Love this ode to hidden gems and the hidden histories of books. I love thinking about all the lives they have lived! And thank you so much for recommending my library post. What an honor and I’m so very grateful you checked it out. Happy hunting and happy writing!

[LeeAnn Pickrell]

You too! Looking forward to reading more of your work.

[Margaret Ann Silver]

I love it. Finding a good used book (especially one I loved from the library but don’t own yet) is such a sweet gift.

[Tamsin Chennell]

I love where you found the poem, it has its own origin story, that’s so cool

[Weston Parker]

So enjoyable, so utterly relatable from the first prose part about books and libraries. I had the same love affair with all of it. Thank you.

[LeeAnn Pickrell]

Thank you so much.

[Robin Cangie (she/her)]

Beautiful poem! Thank you for sharing it with us.