One of my favorite places to go is the library. And that’s where my wife and I found ourselves on a winter afternoon last saturday. Libraries are special to me because I grew up in a family that revered books and reading. Also, I grew up in a time when books were where you found knowledge and wisdom, and books were kept in libraries. Nowadays knowledge is thoroughly mixed with opinions and kept on the internet.<\/p>\n
My wife and I were at the library last weekend for a poetry writing workshop. We went on a lark and it was a lot of fun. I am trying to get her to post her poems on Facebook at least.<\/p>\n
As a prelude to up coming National Poetry month, here’s some doggerel from the work shop:<\/p>\n
A Letter To Wisdom<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Dear Wisdom,<\/em><\/p>\n I’m sorry I haven’t been in touch<\/em><\/p>\n as often as I wanted to<\/em><\/p>\n the business of life<\/em><\/p>\n makes me forget to try<\/em><\/p>\n to connect with you.<\/em><\/p>\n As always, I’m not sure<\/em><\/p>\n You will get this<\/em><\/p>\n or that you will respond,<\/em><\/p>\n or I will understand if you do.<\/em><\/p>\n copyright 2018 Christopher Donahue<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" One of my favorite places to go is the library. And that’s where my wife and I found ourselves on a winter afternoon last saturday. Libraries are special to me because I grew up in a family that revered books … Continue reading