For all bookworms - A Meeting of Minds

P'ter · Feb 11 2017, 05:24 PM

I found this on facebook: -

I Opened a Book Julia Donaldson.

I opened a book and in I strode,
Now nobody can find me.
Iâ€™ve left my chair, my house, my road,
My town and my world behind me.
Iâ€™m wearing the cloak, Iâ€™ve slipped on the ring,
Iâ€™ve swallowed the magic potion.
Iâ€™ve fought with a dragon, dined with a king
And dived to the bottom of the ocean.
I opened a book and made some friends,
I shared their tears and laughter
And followed their road with its bumps and bends
To the happily ever after.
I finished my book and out I came,
The cloak can no longer hide me.
My chair and my house are just the same,
But -- I have a book inside me.

Kugai · Feb 11 2017, 05:33 PM

Highly appropriate

Brenda · Feb 12 2017, 03:24 PM

What a great poem!

One thing is strange - apparently all your apostrophes have been replaced with â€™
So it looks like Iâ€™ve, Iâ€™m
This is the same thing I saw in your story!

P'ter · Feb 12 2017, 05:03 PM

I find that with a few of the fanfics as well. Not just apostrophes but speech marks as well. though in my case they are all just replaced with the diamond with the query mark in it.

Oh; remembered, it does the same with any letter with an accent.

mara · Feb 14 2017, 11:04 AM

Great poem. It's just how I feel when I open a book. My husband has to shout at me to get my attantion

mara · Feb 14 2017, 11:05 AM

Great poem. It's just how I feel when I open a book. My husband has to shout at me to get my attention

Kugai · Feb 17 2017, 05:11 PM

It almost looks like something or former Forum Poet Laurette Ghyle would come up with.

P'ter · Feb 18 2017, 03:14 AM

Except that his version probably wouldn't rhyme

Allen · Feb 18 2017, 10:51 AM

That says it all so well.

Greenrider Tresa · Feb 23 2017, 09:42 PM

Great poem. I wrote something similar once, but I think I lost it.

Feb 11 2017, 05:24 PM	#1
P'ter Crafter Craftmaster Join Date: May 2006 Location: Wolverhampton Pronouns: He/him Fan of: Favorite? Now Reading: avidly	For all bookworms I found this on facebook: - I Opened a Book Julia Donaldson. I opened a book and in I strode, Now nobody can find me. Iâ€™ve left my chair, my house, my road, My town and my world behind me. Iâ€™m wearing the cloak, Iâ€™ve slipped on the ring, Iâ€™ve swallowed the magic potion. Iâ€™ve fought with a dragon, dined with a king And dived to the bottom of the ocean. I opened a book and made some friends, I shared their tears and laughter And followed their road with its bumps and bends To the happily ever after. I finished my book and out I came, The cloak can no longer hide me. My chair and my house are just the same, But -- I have a book inside me. __________________ "Truth is stranger than fiction: fiction has to make sense." Leo Rosten. "When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up." C. S. Lewis "I find television very educational. Whenever somebody switches it on I go in the other room and read a book." (attributed to Groucho Marx) The Pedants are revolting! (against bad grammar)

Feb 11 2017, 05:33 PM	#2
Kugai Crazy Kiwi Shoujo-Ai Fan Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Wellington NEW ZEALAND Fan of: Tower and Hive Series Now Reading: Whatever takes my fancy at the moment	Re: For all bookworms Highly appropriate __________________ JAMES THE You can never have too much Coffee FanFic Original Homepage FreeBabylon5 FreeBabylon5 Website

Feb 12 2017, 03:24 PM	#3
Brenda Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: St. Louis	Re: For all bookworms What a great poem! One thing is strange - apparently all your apostrophes have been replaced with â€™ So it looks like Iâ€™ve, Iâ€™m This is the same thing I saw in your story! __________________ . Check out my Pern fiction! Mirrim's Vigil News from the Weyr Missing Link Dragonsong: An Alternate Tune Ghost in the Tunnels Changes at Riverbend Hold Pern Songs

Feb 12 2017, 05:03 PM	#4
P'ter Crafter Craftmaster Join Date: May 2006 Location: Wolverhampton Pronouns: He/him Fan of: Favorite? Now Reading: avidly	Re: For all bookworms I find that with a few of the fanfics as well. Not just apostrophes but speech marks as well. though in my case they are all just replaced with the diamond with the query mark in it. Oh; remembered, it does the same with any letter with an accent. __________________ "Truth is stranger than fiction: fiction has to make sense." Leo Rosten. "When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up." C. S. Lewis "I find television very educational. Whenever somebody switches it on I go in the other room and read a book." (attributed to Groucho Marx) The Pedants are revolting! (against bad grammar)

Feb 14 2017, 11:04 AM	#5
mara Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Noord Brabant in the Netherlands Fan of: the pern serie's Now Reading: rereading the crystal singer	Re: For all bookworms Great poem. It's just how I feel when I open a book. My husband has to shout at me to get my attantion

Feb 14 2017, 11:05 AM	#6
mara Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Noord Brabant in the Netherlands Fan of: the pern serie's Now Reading: rereading the crystal singer	Re: For all bookworms Great poem. It's just how I feel when I open a book. My husband has to shout at me to get my attention

Feb 17 2017, 05:11 PM	#7
Kugai Crazy Kiwi Shoujo-Ai Fan Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Wellington NEW ZEALAND Fan of: Tower and Hive Series Now Reading: Whatever takes my fancy at the moment	Re: For all bookworms It almost looks like something or former Forum Poet Laurette Ghyle would come up with. __________________ JAMES THE You can never have too much Coffee FanFic Original Homepage FreeBabylon5 FreeBabylon5 Website

Feb 18 2017, 03:14 AM	#8
P'ter Crafter Craftmaster Join Date: May 2006 Location: Wolverhampton Pronouns: He/him Fan of: Favorite? Now Reading: avidly	Re: For all bookworms Except that his version probably wouldn't rhyme __________________ "Truth is stranger than fiction: fiction has to make sense." Leo Rosten. "When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up." C. S. Lewis "I find television very educational. Whenever somebody switches it on I go in the other room and read a book." (attributed to Groucho Marx) The Pedants are revolting! (against bad grammar)

Feb 18 2017, 10:51 AM	#9
Allen Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Last house on the left, across from the cemetery Fan of: The Pern Series Now Reading: Robin Hobb's Shaman's Crossing	Re: For all bookworms That says it all so well. __________________ *All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain.*

Feb 23 2017, 09:42 PM	#10
Greenrider Tresa The Contrary Planetary Brain Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Northern Indiana Fan of: The Ship Who Searched Now Reading: The Calhoun Collection, Nora Roberts	Re: For all bookworms Great poem. I wrote something similar once, but I think I lost it. __________________ Thinking, understanding, reasoning, willing, call not these Soul! They are its actions, but they are not its essence. Akhenaton? (c. B.C. 1375) Egyptian King and Monotheist

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