Featured Poem

There is something to be said

There is something to be said

For the 23 year old wearing a mask

Sitting on the floor of the bookstore

In the poetry section, reading.

Not noticing the other patrons

Perusing the plentiful platforms for pages.

Looking, but not reading.

Stopping, but never truly still.

There is something to be said

For the 23 year old recently engaged

Sitting on the floor of the bookstore

In the poetry section, searching.

Searching for a glimpse of a moment,

A turn of phrase or a twisted metaphor

With which to describe his feelings

Of sitting in the poetry section, reading.

Alone in the bookstore filled with patrons

Pursuers of pretty covers with pages.

He feels the touch of his soon to be wife

As she pulls him back from his dream.

Of sitting on the floor of the bookstore

In the poetry section, reading.