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Created on: July 11, 2011
"I see no point in reading." - Louis XIV of France.
And then there was Louis Quatorze,
For whom all books were great bores;
No Frenchman of breeding
Would waste time on reading
While shirking the company of whores.
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Poetry: Reading
by Jane Healy
Through the window looking in,
You’d see a class about to begin.
Seas of faces intently look,
Upon the pages of a
READ ME WHEN YOU’RE FREE
Read me when you’re free,
or make a date with me.
I’m yours to hold tenderly;
Black ink curling across the page
Attracts the eye and
Engages the brain,
Stimulating interest.
What journey do we start?
I pick up a book
I don’t know which one, I didn’t even look
I open to the first page
I start to release all my
by Paul Erland
"I see no point in reading." - Louis XIV of France.
And then there was Louis Quatorze,
For whom all books were
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