World of Poems

<p>If you read a poem</p><p>through and through </p><p>if you memorize by heart</p><p>if you can recite it word for word </p><p>is it not that it is part of you?</p><p> </p><p>If you read a book </p><p>through and through </p><p>notice</p><p>an alternate universe unfolding </p><p>spilling all it's secrets to you.</p><p> </p><p>If you read a book or a poem </p><p>you are reading an author's craft.</p><p>A book is always handmade </p><p>touched and kissed</p><p>by the author's heart.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>