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onyxheart
onyxheart

Smells

Old paper must and dust. Sunlight on the cushioned chairs. Old oak wood held in place with nails that are. Giving off the smell of rust. And tiny light blue lichens. Barely scenting the air.

24 17 120 words
curiouscaitlin
curiouscaitlin

Finding Love

I run my fingertips softly along Row after row of colourful spines Which wait, anticipating the biting of my lip And furrowed brow Leaning in to read their title And select them with a pointed...

32 3 305 words
burrahobbit
burrahobbit

Old Treasure

If you want to escape, hop into a book. I promise there's more here than how it may look. Torn cover, tattered pages, some wear and some tear.

38 2 113 words
Odd
Odd

Line Lives

There's a strange satisfaction with finishing a book. Line lives are over, although breaths they never took.

26 7 80 words
Georgiastar
Georgiastar

A Book

A book Should Always Draw You in From the Second You Begin If it doesn't And 0 Catch Your Eye You put It back With a Heavy Sigh...

30 4 55 words
Cabernax
Cabernax

The News

I suppose it's time I told you all about the things that are getting me excited at the moment, and why they should be getting you excited as well.

4 0 810 words
mpallister24
mpallister24

Fantasy Book Land

A book is very rare. To find out of my reach. Reading one. Each by each. My imagination runs. Into a fantasy land. When I escape to a book. I'm either a pirate or laying on sand. I could just sit.

8 5 68 words
VikingHorn
VikingHorn

Leather Bound Freedom

#household When I was a child, I had special places That I could escape to without any cares.

36 10 75 words
naaviie
naaviie

Escape

| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The walls are bookcases, | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | up to the ceiling, | Leathery and dust-heavy, | |...

124 19 187 words
Odd
Odd

Library

Stale yellow pages adorned with black ink. Smelling like thick choking dust, With a fiction in which can sink. Completely silent in this room.

14 2 91 words
HeatherAnne
HeatherAnne

Books.

There are books that make you laugh, And books that make you cry, Books in which to the characters, You're loathe to say goodbye.

28 8 67 words
thatenglishgirl
thatenglishgirl

eReaders

This seems to be an opinion of mine that nobody else agrees with, and it's annoying because it's something I feel quite strongly about.

0 2 265 words