Monday, May 22, 2017

for MIDDLESBROUGH MAGIC SHIP 276 (G)

A-LIBRARY-LOOKER-YES
The lady librarian
in the house of books
brought me back for more
than a second look.

And not the stuff
picked from a shelf,
but for more than one look
at she herself.

The lady librarian,
she was so pretty.
Her picture spoke loudly
there in York City.

Her picture spoke aloud
within the library
that had wall-to-wall words.
Hers were poetry.

THE SHIP IN THE BOTTLE
Like a boat in a bottle
on somebody's mantelpiece,
I want to find freedom,
I want cork-popped release.

You could be my ocean,
my beauty who's sure deep.
You could be the freedom
from a bottle-like keep.

A YORKSHIRE ROSE IS SHE
A long-stemmed glass
holds a long-stemmed rose.
The long-stemmed rose
is a long-legged lass.

Aye, the long-stemmed rose
is a long-legged lass.
The long-legged lass
holds a long-stemmed glass.

YES-CHAUCERIAN-CHEEKINESS-WAS-
WILLIAM-CAXTON'S-REAL-CHOICE
The Moral Proverbs Of
Christine de Pisan,
first woman printed in England
by Willy Caxton.

Willy reprinted
the famed Canterbury Tales -
enjoyed very cheeky Chaucer -
probably had big sales.

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