100 Years of Library Services Celebration Poem

Submitted by Anita on Sat, 08/07/2010 - 8:19am

SIMPLE QUESTION

Ronna Leon, Benicia's Poet Laureate

"Where are you off to?"

The library.

How often I make that reply,

an answer easier

than explaining

I'm off to find adventure, mystery, explanations, stories,

answers, QUESTIONS, distraction, solace, advice.

 

I need hard facts, fantasy, history, science and art.

I want to learn brush painting.

I've a desire to housebreak my cat.

 

At my library I can meet both the living and the dead,

In a quiet place, where no one questions what I'm doing

lurking among their carefully crafted pages.

 

Oh, I'm off to the library, you bet.

I'm off to the library, and yes, I can bring

you back a couple of books.

"Anything in particular?"

Ronna Leon, Benicia Poet Laureate 2010-2012

100 years of Library Services Celebration

Benicia Public Library, August 2010