I see a book
I like.
I pay and the book
is mine.
I think:
"What a beautiful read,
I must put it
at the end
of my list."
And so the list
stretches, with
lots and lots of
books that I
have bought
and some day
I will read.
Mar 22
Mar 22, 2026 at 10:48 AM UTC
I see a book
I like.
I pay and the book
is mine.
I think:
"What a beautiful read,
I must put it
at the end
of my list."
And so the list
stretches, with
lots and lots of
books that I
have bought
and some day
I will read.
"Tsundoku" is a Japanese word meaning "to but books and pile them instead of reading"
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Copyright: Shattentraumer, 2026. Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/). Original: https://hellopoetry.com/poems/5275822/tsundoku
