School

Grades earned over years Of battling books and exams, Friendships cemented. NaPoWriMo 2017, Poem 17

Struggling to write a happy poem

So I wanted to write a happy poem. I'd make it all cheerful and smiley. But there was a catch, what would I write about? I thought of the things that make me happy. Relishing a mango, its luscious yellow flesh squishing between my fingers? Nah, that would be too shallow. How about reading Murakami? …

Advertisement

Why I pick books at a bookstore

1. Because the blurb on the back cover made it irresistible. 2. Because I flipped to a random page and liked what I read. 3. Because the cover was dreamy, trippy or plain intriguing. 4. Because the font size was okay; I would not need a magnifying glass. 5. Because it virtually leapt off the …

Bookmark

Yesterday I found the bookmark you had gifted me five years ago. It lay in a paperback between pages 8 and 9. The cover hadn't lost its gloss, and not a single page had creases. Odd, considering most of my books end up with dog-eared pages. Some have been read so long, they always stay …