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My name is Joy, and I love to write. Why poetry, here? Because poetry uplifts its writer, and if she is lucky enough, her readers, too. Around us, so many objects abound to write about. Once a poet starts with a smallest, most trivial object, he shall discover that his pen will spill out what is most delicate or most majestic hidden inside him. Since the classics sometimes dealt with lofty subjects with a lofty language, a person with poetry in his soul may incline to emulate that. That is understandable. Poetry does that to a person: it enlarges the soul and gives it wings. Yet, to really soar, a poet needs to take off from the ground. Kiya's gift. I love it!
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This is my supplementary blog in which I will post entries written for prompts.

September 3, 2015 at 4:23pm
September 3, 2015 at 4:23pm
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Prompt: "When it comes to books, the only thing to apologize is for the lack there of." Author Unknown
Do you agree?


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I wouldn’t apologize either for the lack of, or in my house’s case, for the overabundance of books. My house is my house, and I can have whatever I wish in it, as long as it is legal.

I understand, however, what the quote means to say, even if it says it in a quaint way. Yes, I do love books. I always bought books for myself more than all other things combined.

Instead of the print books, nowadays, I keep downloading e-books, and my e-book readers have filled up, which doesn’t mean I stopped buying books in print. The problem is, I don’t have that long a life left to read even half of what I have. This is one area that I can’t help but think, “Greed is good!”

In the same vein, the closing of a bookstore means an emotional trauma for me. I still keep a Borders plastic bag for the memory and still mourn over that chain. My relationship with books is such that, even when the local library cut down its hours, it gave me a bad feeling. All this happens, despite me knowing that the trend of book purchases has shifted from conventional stores to web, due to huge discounts and convenience.

Still, I miss walking around Borders and feeling the books in my hand. Luckily, we have a Barnes and Noble’s nearby within five miles. In addition, I love my lightweight e-readers--with more than a thousand books in them--that I can carry in my purse. I just wish I could finish reading all my books and we could have both the print books from the bookstores and the e-books.


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