My Public Library

Nothing is better than a well used library, and the public library in downtown Corvallis is well used and loved. As a lover of the written word, I can't help but love my library and my library books. In these books I sometimes discover things that have been left in them: pamphlets, to-do lists, drafts of letters, recipes, and even the fortunes from fortune cookies. This makes reading library books a whole different kind of adventure, and to add to it, I've decided to write a poem, and include it in the library books that I take back to the library:


I can take you to a far off place,
So many stories do I encase.
My pages turn and turn again,
Always am I somebody’s friend.
I’m your book now but not forever,
Soon I’ll be someone else’s treasure.
So take care with me and treat me well,
And it’s with sadness I shall say farewell.

- From Your Library Book

Hopefully this will inspire someone else to start leaving their own keepsakes behind. I hope that it will make people feel connected or make them smile. It will make me happy to even just give someone a bookmark!

So if you live in Corvallis, OR keep an eye out for my little treasures. The first book I'll put it in is Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf, along with the others I'm bringing back on Monday or Tuesday.

Happy Reading.