tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7724394291330902141.post6861436537085690974..comments2024-02-17T21:40:24.532-07:00Comments on Carol's Corner: POETRY FRIDAYCarolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13294455230627182656noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7724394291330902141.post-25673878124671888122012-01-07T12:06:04.782-07:002012-01-07T12:06:04.782-07:00even though i had a school library, a town library...even though i had a school library, a town library, and local branches in my neighborhood (barely the size of studio apartment some of them) i was always jealous we didn't have bookmobiles. perhaps it was growing up in LA where my expectation that everything could and should be delivered by vehicles -- we had a bread truck that also delivered donuts, and ice cream trucks, so why not books?<br /><br />my kids marvel today that you used to have to have books checked out and stamped by hand.<br /><br />thanks for bringing this poem (and memory) to light.david elzeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16653215150526146224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7724394291330902141.post-91194249653393347022012-01-07T06:36:42.639-07:002012-01-07T06:36:42.639-07:00Thanks for sending me back to that blog post. I re...Thanks for sending me back to that blog post. I read it, but didn't focus as much as you did on this poem in it. Looking back through your eyes gave it so much more meaning!Mary Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7724394291330902141.post-33377306292058221542012-01-06T15:25:06.685-07:002012-01-06T15:25:06.685-07:00I love that -- it makes me think of my own Bookmob...I love that -- it makes me think of my own Bookmobile memories.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12463332371535167975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7724394291330902141.post-31249465434541472032012-01-06T08:08:49.012-07:002012-01-06T08:08:49.012-07:00Well, it's a wonderful poem that imagines book...Well, it's a wonderful poem that imagines books traveling down that highway, Faulkner with Dickinson and so on. I have written about the bookmobile in my life too and the woman who found books for me. It was a magical place. Thanks for this Carol. I love it!Linda Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14983144542632353870noreply@blogger.com