Tag: books
Hodges Library
From a distance, the architecture resembles steps for a giant
From a distance, the architecture resembles steps for a giant
More lights in the windows than stars in the sky
Stacks muffled by shelves on carpet, crammed with books
Lobbies filled with clicking heels
Paper competing with coffee for your senses
World Book Day
To celebrate World Book Day, here is my list of favorite books.
1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
The Book of Basketball by Bill Simmons
11/22/63 by Stephen King
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
Help for the Haunted by John Searles
The Opposite of Loneliness by Marina Keegan
Open by Andre Agassi
Sybil by Flora Rheta Schreiber
The Farm by Tom Rob Smith
We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
Imagine Me Gone by Adam Haslett
The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Ready Player One by Ernest Kline
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
What are your favorite books?
Unholy Revelations Goodreads Giveaway
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Unholy Revelations
by Arsenio Franklin
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I Wrote a Poem from a Row of Book Spines
A blank stare at the spine of a Cursed Child. Where on The Farm he learned the Art of a Beautiful Game.
I bought a creative book containing different prompts. For example, there are two pages full of identical circles and triangles. The instructions say to caption each one. Another page says to make a mixtape for someone who doesn’t know you. The latest prompt I completed says to stack books and make a poem out of the spines. Instead of making a stack I used the bottom two rows of my bookshelf as they are.
Here’s my poem:
A Sorcerer’s Stone leads to a Chamber of Secrets
A Prisoner of Azkaban hurls a Goblet of Fire
The Order of the Phoenix is run by a Half-Blood Prince
The Deathly Hallows were found in the year 1Q84
The same year a 100-Year-Old Man provided Help for the Haunted
A People Share their History of Basketball and Andre Agassi (this was the toughest line)
Meanwhile, The Goldfinch furthered Tartt On the Path of the Immortals
Presidents should Shut Up and Run for something other than themselves
A blank stare at the spine of a Cursed Child
Where on The Farm he learned the Art of a Beautiful Game
At the same time Amelia’s mom learned to Live with Depression
While Jordan’s Rule ended with the Return of the King
Media has turned Killing into a form of Entertainment
Nearly on par with the pageantry of WrestleMania
Cheering for a color and wandering aimlessly
I also bought a book filled with 3,000 questions to ask yourself. I like to use these for a few minutes before I start writing each day to get the creative juices flowing.
Arsenio Franklin 