At the Secondhand Table,
judge the books by their covers
written by: Caro Robson
Not their pictures, their patterns, their pretty designs
Trust the far less obvious signs:
Not paid-for quotations
Not stickers of stars
Instead, find books with paper scars
Trust lines in their spines
Trust creases, trust folds
To subtly show what you need to know:
That pages kept turning
That words were not skimmed
The stories weren’t shelved and not merely read
But eagerly loved and devoured instead
Open the book you can see by the cover
Tells the kind of story that makes a booklover
Caro is a South African expat living in the UK. An avid reader and writer, she loves all things wordy.
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- At the Secondhand Table - July 6, 2024
