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Read...Real Entertaining And Delightful
by Lynn Barry → (All Poetry by Lynn Barry)
  
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I often think watching TV is better than reading...but I'm often wrong...

I am an author
And yet I often
Think it's better
To watch TV,
Than read a book
Or newspaper
Or even any
Mag-a-zine

So am I just
A hypocrite?
Or better yet
A fake?

No, I am
Merely lazy
And forget that
Reading's the
Choice to make

When I engage
In looking at
The printed word
I can
Get so absorbed
I forget
If I'm a woman
Or a man

The words can
Suck me in
And turn me 'round
And 'round for hours
And thoughts churn up
Inside of me and surface
With some showers
Of emotions that I
Did not feel before
I plunged into
The written word
Penned by another
Communicating nerd


READ...it's Real Entertaining And Delightful


Lynn Barry (C) 2004




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Reviewed by Floria Kelderhouse (Reader)
Reviewed on January 29, 2004
Hi Lynn...I am just the opposite...I devour books....when I have time...between computer..den...art...it gets crazy...I dont like tv much...I dont really watch all that much...I would rather read anyday...especially in the summer sitting out in my swing....this was nice...makes poets think about it...nice form to it too...thanks for writing it...floria

Reviewed by jude forese
Reviewed on January 27, 2004
and there are so many nerds waiting to be heard ;)

Reviewed by L M (Reader)
Reviewed on January 26, 2004
I really liked this one well done...I watch too much TV.

Reviewed on January 26, 2004
give me a book or a piece of paper anyday (along with some crayons, pencils, or markers, of course!); tv just doesn't entertain me much anymore; too much junk and nasty stuff on! great write; thanks for sharing! (((HUGS))) and much love, your friend in tx., karen lynn. :)

Reviewed by Jeff Mason
Reviewed on January 25, 2004
And... don't forget to WRITE! It's Witty Refreshing Insightful Thought-provoking and Emotional. :) Nice job! -- Jeff

Reviewed by Ron (sketchman) Axelson (Reader)
Reviewed on January 25, 2004
Your a mess for sure
I read the Bible a lot..
Maybe I should read something different?
Take care cuzz.......

Reviewed by Lady Peg (Reader)
Reviewed on January 25, 2004
Love this last stanza LYNN and a very creative author your are MI Lady!!!!!

Lady peg

Reviewed on January 25, 2004
I love reading too.

May Lu a.k.a. Sandie Angel :o)

Reviewed by Daniel McTaggart
Reviewed on January 25, 2004
I always watched too much TV as a kid. Never read very much. On Saturday mornings, I watched cartoons while no more than six inches away from the screen. Nowadays, I read like there's no tomorrow. I guess I'm catching up on time lost. I read poetry, crime novels, non-fiction, and a lot of comic books. Comics, I think, bridge the gap between TV and reading. A comic book is almost like a television on paper.

Reviewed on January 25, 2004
This was excellent! I love reading!

Reindeer

Reviewed by Kate Clifford (Reader)
Reviewed on January 25, 2004
This is why I read as much as I do :-) Thanks for the sharing.

Reviewed on January 25, 2004
(((lynn)))

this had me LOL--my mom used to get SO annoyed...delve into a book, lose me for hours...she SWORE up and down i had selective hearing LOL

last night, before bed, i dove into "the surgeon" by tess gerritsen a no-no...GEEZ scary...hadda find out who dun it LOL needless to say, i'm wiped LOL

hysterical write--enjoyed (i'm an avid, rabid bookworm *grins*)

(((HUGS))) and love,

karla. :)


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