“Every day we should hear at least one little song, read one good poem, see one exquisite picture, and, if possible, speak a few sensible words.”
- – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“I must say I find television very educational. The minute somebody turns it on, I go to the library and read a good book.” – Groucho Marx
“I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train.” – Oscar Wilde
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You are what you read
That is what he said
I read it today
On his blog
One of the lines
On his blog post
Re-reading Borges
Caught my attention
Waved that carrot
Of taking a line
For a walk
Across a snowy white sheet
Virginal papers – now splattered
With specks of black – letters
Letters forming words
Tony’s poem puts it out there
You are what you read
I think back to the diet of this year
My summer sustained by
Hemingway – a little light reading
Then on to Sinclair Lewis
Earlier in the year there were
Antoine Saint Exupery
The Little Prince – resplendent
En français et anglais
Speaking to me in my
Annual reading of each
Jasper Fforde for humor
There is always a generous
Helping of poetry on the menu
Baudelaire, Paul Éluard, en français
Recently discovered, Serge Roy
With a generous helping
Of Dorothy Parker and Neruda,
Razor sharp wit and passion
Books about writing – reminding
Me, to just write
Journal of a Swedish ancestor
Crossing the plains circa 1890’s
The book thief, several memoirs
Biographies of the great and everyday people
Tony, it is just as you say
You are what you read