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
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. :)
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.
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*)
Homer's Ill Iliad & Odd Sea Odyssey (420 pages) is an adult satire/parody rewrite of the classic stories of the 10 year Trojan War and of the 10 year adventure of Odysseus trying to return home to his native Ithaca.
I read the Bible a lot..
Maybe I should read something different?
Take care cuzz.......
Lady peg
May Lu a.k.a. Sandie Angel :o)
Reindeer
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. :)