The Love of Books
tubes, feeds, drips and,
‘i’m sorry’
sleepless nights –
sickness and worries
and losing –
the person who –
showed me the love of books
who sat with me
propped up on pillows
reading,
‘wind in the willows’
James Garratt – December 2011
More poems at
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More about this blog, The Boy Behind the Glasses, here
https://theboybehindtheglasses.com/2020/01/08/the-boy-behind-the-glasses-an-introduction/
More poems from 2011 here
https://theboybehindtheglasses.com/category/poems-and-writing-2011/
The Love of Books – Written December 2011 (Aged 36)
The Boy Behind The Glasses. Poetry and Writing 