Today’s NaPoWriMo prompt is to write a ghazal. I am not sure I ever wrote one of these before. Like some other poets I know, I’m not entirely sure how you know when you’ve done it successfully. But here goes anyway!
Books credit: LollyKnit
Why Libraries Are Important on Friday April 13th
It’s my birthday, give me poetry books
I’ll spend my day reading poetry books
Children learn grammar in their grade school books
Mothers writing payments from their cheque books
People playing games in their crossword books
Chefs making meals from big cookery books
Priests reciting psalms from their black prayer books
Kids memorize from catechism books
Gardeners design from their landscape books
Accountants record in their ledger books
Teenagers reveal in diary books
People seek solutions in self-help books
Borrowed wisdom found in library books
Experiments in sound in music books
Everywhere you look you can find more books
Carol’s ghazal says it’s all about books.
Carol A. Stephen
April 13, 2012
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