Save Stradbroke Library
As part of the National Day of Action to Save Libraries, there will be a read-in at Stradbroke Library tomorrow, 5th February, at 10 a.m.. This is one of the things I’ll be reading, adapted from a 2007 poem of mine called why i love poetry.
why i love libraries
because words bound and wrapped
on pages of many colours
sing new voices
because one borrowed book
can be better than thousands
of bought ones
because reading beats hearing
when the words make
their own meaning inside me
because small words can change big things
because the wind and the rain
and love and hate and fear
and tragedy and joy
because the world outside
is so huge and round
because inside each story
there is true greatness
and great truth
because words are the warmth of life
because these sanctuaries
are gateways to the gods
our one chance at wisdom
because faith is a promise
regardless of belief
because each book is
a life-time on its own
a summary of all we can
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