~ Mother's Attic ~
My mind,
Raised a gate,
As if, to parse the light
Streaming,
Through the window,
Of my chamber door...
I recalled a time
In Mother's Attic
Pouring over books
As though an addict,
'The Iliad',
'The Odyssey',
'The Celebrated Jumping Frog
Of Caleveras County'
Great epics, great stories,
Greatness sublime...
All free, to wade into
To swim
In the minds,
Nay,
In the arsenals
Of words strung together,
As loaded weapons,
Laid bare..
And I wondered why?
Down to my bones
Why?
Everyone wasn't clamoring
Over libraries,
Bookstores,
For surely
There was great power
In learning their intent,
And applying their implications
Their marvelous,
Messages...
Again,
I wondered
Why?
But just then
A knock,
At my chamber door,
A shiny tray slid through
With water and old bread,
And a stack of old books
Dying, to be read...
My mind,
Lowered the gate
And a great light
Rushed in,
I recalled a time
When I had killed a man,
I drank my water
And reached for my bread
When the song
From Mother's Attic,
Began to play
Again...
'The Iliad',
'The Odyssey',
'The Celebrated Jumping Frog
Of Caleveras County'
Great epics, great stories,
Ah, such greatness
Still alive,
And well,
In my head...
Tony Taylor
* in quotations ~ epic poems by Homer
& Short Story by Mark Twain
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Nice write Tony! They are banning Mark Twain books if you can believe that! Always enjoy your compositions!............Jim
What??.....Banning Mark Twain books!!....No Way!!.....That's not possible!!....to what are you referring my friend?...and who is the THEY that you are pointing to?......Please let me know!! : (
Banned book project... removing Some books by"Mark Twain" from some childrens school libraries siting racism. My wife was talking about it, and I had to look it up on Duckduckgo.
Oh My God!!...what is this world coming to when a person cannot sit down and simply write what comes to them creatively.....isn't that like a first or second amendment right?......Free speech and all that!!.....Oh well, I don't want to start some big debate here.....I just LOVE Mark Twain's writing.... I'm half black and half white.....and his work doesn't offend either side of me!! (smiles).....Thank you, by the way, for the kind words you left on the poem!!......I am your cyber-friend and admirer...Tony : )
Wow wonderfully penned from within memories & pinned for petfection Tony. ❤️💙❤️
Thank you JILL!!......you're the grooviest!!......smiles......T xo : )
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Mother's Attic clearly was a books heaven to you, and lucky you :)
Hi YIYAN,
Sorry about my late reply kind sir........I sometimes move onto the next piece and my previous write gets lost along the way.....many apologies!!......your cyber-friend and admirer!!.....t XO : 0
I was really enjoying your work Tony...then I read Jim's comment and leave feeling bloody enraged!! This world is SICK!!! WHO decides what is offensive...and to WHOM??? Thoughts are free, unique and individual and ..luckily ...the one thing THEY will never control!! Rant over...sorry...a beautiful piece here, as a lover of books myself I thoroughly enjoyed ...🤗🤗
WOW!!...I'm so sorry I missed this MARION!!......you are SOOOO right to be enraged...... as this subject matter has been batted around for so many years now that one would think that it would be virtually irrelevant!!.....But NOOO!!...there's ALWAYS SOME NUT JOB pushing it into the forefront!!.....anyway, Thank You so much.....and I would LOVE to compare reading lists some time (Book Titles).....you're pretty groovy girlfriend!!....and I'm ALWAYS up to exploring the new and/or the Olde!! (smiles)......your friend and admirer!!.......T-Bone!!......more smiles!!.....LOVE & ROCKETS!!........T xo : )