Saturday, May 18, 2024

‘A Pocket Universe’

We lost power again around noon Saturday. No idea when it will be restored. Here is “The Next Book,” a 1969 poem by James Hayford (Star in the Shed Window: Collected Poems 1933-1988, New England Press, 1989):


 “May the next book you read 

Be what you need— 

 

“A pocket universe 

Ample yet terse, 

 

“And offering connections 

In all directions.”

1 comment:

Gary said...

Thanks. I'll think I'll share that poem with fellow members of our local library advisory board for promotional possibilities.