Seren

Oct 25, 2009 ⭐ View statistics (Premium feature)

Sanctuary

A man in the corner
eating his lunch,
kids on the floor
like grapes in a bunch

Students at work
sweating exams,
an old man smiling
reading Voltaire

Researcher at task
looking for clues,
and a love lorn teen
slouched with the blues

The smell of books
a pleasure that's near,
A ridge in a page
the merest of tears

In libraries I find
my inner peace
surrounded in history
unread it weeps

Submersed within
the pages of time,
I leave my essence
amongst the lines

— Seren, Oct 25, 2009

About This Poem

About the Author

Region, Country: Beyond the Black Stump..Australia, AUS

Favorite Poets: Pablo Neruda, P.K.Page, W.H.Auden, to many and various to include them all ...

Critiques

Candlewitch

16 years 7 months ago

Dearest Little Sis

I love the Library, too, and the smell of the books. Nice write! Favorite lines: In libraries I find my inner peace surrounded in history unread it weeps Submersed within the pages of time, I leave my essence amongst the lines Love, Cat

Seren

16 years 7 months ago

Dearest Big Sis

Its funny you know I love borrowing books from the library for the smell ,its just comforting or something LOL ... like a warm blanket tucked round you and the smell of a book on a rainy night ... peace on earth LOL ... on that note I am off to bed its 2 minutes to 4 lol and I got a big day today love and big hugs Jayne x x

Lonnie

16 years 7 months ago

You've captured magic here!

A wonderful write! I could feel the texture of the book covers and hear the whispered secrets that they hold within! Very well-done!

Seren

16 years 7 months ago

Dear Lonnie

I wrote this one IN the library ... and the people in the poem are real ... I actually knew a couple of them ... haha sooo if there is Magic it was the magic of the library ... unfortuntately our library has recently closed and the opened a newer more modern library but ... I has none of the charm of the wooden shelves the smell is similiar but yeah its just not the same ... and this was a sort of tribute to the place I found so many hours of peace and sanctuary ... love and hugs to you both Jayne x x x

seabhac

16 years 7 months ago

A big smile poem

I love the way you have captured not only the diversity of people who frequent these magical places but the associated words used are excellent such as students and sweating exams and teens sloching blues.They paint a great picture of the scene but best of all I love the lines The smell of books a pleasure that’s near, It is the evoking of this one sense that takes me straight there...the smell of books...ahhhhh Seabhac

Seren

16 years 7 months ago

Dear Seabhac

Its funny I was sitting in the library ... I had a pad next to me i was researching something and I got distracted by an old man reading a book and the smile on his face was so serene lol and well I picked up the pen and looked around me ... and there is is lol ... I had forgotten about this until something someone said the other day lol took me two hours to go through old journals and find it ... but its pretty much as it was writen .. so glad you liked this one it was just a bit of fun ... love and big hugs Jayne x x x

Nordic cloud

16 years 7 months ago

Very atmospheric this

And the sound of a library, with the scraping of a chair shattering the silence, the sudden chatter of the librarian with a new challenge, the hush-hush of someone telling their children to be quiet in here, the people intent on something in their various books and the sunbeams catching the dust and the dreamy atmosphere as if the books were in a great big dormitory sleeping like the sleeping beauty, waiting to be rescued from obscurity. I enjoyed this visit to the library, in fact it was one of the nicest visits I have made so peaceful and everyday-comfortable. Dear Jayne with love Ann

Seren

16 years 7 months ago

Dearest Ann

This is exactly how the experience is for me ... its where I go for solace and where I go when i need to think .. lol me and my Ma used to have some big fights when I was in my teens and when it was time to track me down .. they would always check the library first lol I was nothing if not predictable so glad you enjoyed our visit to the library :D Love and higgest bugs Jayne x x x

lyz

16 years 7 months ago

Dear Seren

Lovely write and title. It is a great place the library. Well done on this lovely poem, much enjoyed. Lyz. XX

Seren

16 years 7 months ago

Dearest Lyz

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW I thought i was never going to get to answer everyone today I ahve been in and out of the house at the chemist ...at appointments .. LMAO my heads spinning I am going to stay in this chair for the next hour and wait till the rest of me catchs up LOL ... thanks for the read I was reminded I wrote this one the other day and thought its just a bit of fun ... Huggles hope your having a good day love and biggest hugs Jayne x x x

R.M.Shanmugam

16 years 7 months ago

In libraries I find my inner

In libraries I find my inner peace surrounded in history unread it weeps - how nicely put! the way of expression is catching. shna

Seren

16 years 7 months ago

Dear Shan

I have a kind of reverence for books ... i was always a book lover as a child ... and the library was my place of peace ... so glad you enjoyed this one love Jayne x x