Ten Word Challenge: orphan/ gilded/ scattered/ fins/ library/ pavement/ plowshares/ stamp/ outcry/ tomatoes
Orphan books at the library
scattered on rickety tables
set up on the cracked pavement
await a new home at bargain prices
Books whose stamps
of classification are faded
Some with gilded edges
like the fins of goldfish
Books rich with knowledge
ready for curious fertile minds
like soil being turned by plowshares
for corn, wheat or rich red tomatoes
Books that - if not re-homed
if tossed or burned -
would rightly cause an outcry
from book lovers everywhere
Aug 1, 2018
Aug 1, 2018 at 9:27 AM UTC
Ten Word Challenge: orphan/ gilded/ scattered/ fins/ library/ pavement/ plowshares/ stamp/ outcry/ tomatoes
Orphan books at the library
scattered on rickety tables
set up on the cracked pavement
await a new home at bargain prices
Books whose stamps
of classification are faded
Some with gilded edges
like the fins of goldfish
Books rich with knowledge
ready for curious fertile minds
like soil being turned by plowshares
for corn, wheat or rich red tomatoes
Books that - if not re-homed
if tossed or burned -
would rightly cause an outcry
from book lovers everywhere
