When the pen takes control.

some may think such an afternoon wasteful

and others find it quite distasteful

there is no more pleasant chore

than to pop into an old book store

and get the sense of vellichor,

caused by books so old their covers peeling

line dusty shelves from floor to ceiling

If with a love of poetry we are smitten

and are fascinated by how it’s written

reading words laid down in the earliest time

using their nuanced metre and rhyme,

reading such as Wordsworth, Byron too

who were looked upon as something so new

with words of love, nature and dreams

instead of just religious themes

whilst poetry in the modern age

seems to be full of frustration and rage

until when we read between the lines

the poets reflect our hearts and minds.