Friday, September 19, 2008

Stealing Is Not Nice

On my way home today, I stopped at Oblong Books in Rhinebeck, NY. There was a sign in the poetry shelf, "Stealing is Not Nice." Why there of all places? Do people steal poetry?

Oh, to live in such a world.

Where poetry is stolen, rather than ignored. Oblong has two entire poetry bookcases.

3 comments:

  1. The silver lining:
    People are reading poetry. :=D.

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  2. Such joy, poetry robbers! Perhaps they are like Robin Hood and whisper lines they have stolen to strangers on public transport ...

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  3. I picture students from nearby Bard College doing exactly that, starting a trend, guerrilla poetry.

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