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By Parson Thru

Fri, 11 Jan 2013
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Words of wisdom, words of knowing
On the bookshelf, overflowing

Words of poetry, scarce remembered
Tales of the strangled and dismembered

Trying to convince myself
To buy an electronic shelf

But, among the silicon and wires
Lurk Bradbury's dystopian fires

Certificate U
Poem
Parson Thru III
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Comments

Submitted by scratch on
Nice one parsons. You've got the ability to convey lots with little. Words chosen well, put into the right order to paint an idea. The reference to Bradbury in this context is excellent and it put me I'll at ease (in a good way) to think that that particular master should need a place on a shelf of any description. Thought provoking. And the idea that the presence of his stories in your hard drive might cause havoc is also brilliant. RIP Raymond Douglas Bradbury.

 

Submitted by Parson Thru on
What a writer, scratch. Read S is for Space when I was about twelve. Haven't stopped reading since. Fahrenheit 451 is unnervingly accurate. RIP Hope you're all well, mate.

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Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on
Ace, PT;-) Tina

 

Submitted by Parson Thru on
Thank you, Tina. Glad you enjoyed it. My other half is motivating me to start work on tidying the "spare room" and has to be credited with giving me the second line, which is the theme that set me off. Thank you. :-) x

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Submitted by Parson Thru on
That's a really good point, Bear. Where would you put all the books that you are going to buy anyway? Thanks for wandering over. Bradbury has had quite an impact. Loved the Horror short stories series, too. I went an bought some of those again years later - was it Pan?

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Submitted by Parson Thru on
Yes, I remember those. And the Martian Chronicles, which I've still got. There is a great story in one of the Pan books about a boy diving in his secret river pool and finding a corpse. Superbly written. There was a post on here recently that very much reminded me of the style. Rebecca, I've just bought Slaughterhouse 5. Oh, and The Dharma Bums. Bookshelf clearance not going well.

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