Silly Poetry Friday 24

Since I'll be at the Ontario Library Association Super Conference today, I thought it only fitting that I choose a poem about libraries. This poem isn't really silly. In fact, it's lovely. But my cartoon is silly. So there. The poem is called Ode to the Librarian, and is by Jennifer Jacobs.

Ode to the Librarian

The Librarian (with a capital L)
Is a saint who knows
She can't lock herself in a tower
She lives in the Library, her back to the door
And answers questions from patrons who call
In quiet, confused voices
Or with loud, angry demands
Or as an afterthought, mistakenly convinced she can offer nothing they don't already know
The Librarian turns no one away

The Librarian
Is closely related to
The Sorceress and the Poet
But her painful modesty and disturbing sense of propriety
Have prevented her from recognizing the kinship
And accepting her family's riches

The Librarian has, instead
Collected vast riches of her own
She knows the books are very important
Though she isn't sure…
Maybe some of them are more important
Than others
She has to read them
To see

and she's entranced and she forgets the others the pain and the beauty
The knowledge

"Oh, another patron…"

and she's entranced and she forgets the others the pain and the beauty
The knowledge

"Okay…the task at hand"

Was that a clue? Does he know something?
She sets aside the book she was reading, and follows the clue

and she's entranced and she forgets the others the pain and the beauty
The knowledge

Wouldn't it confuse her to find out
How much the Sorceress and the Poet
Admire her and how
Their painful modesty and disturbing sense of propriety
Have prevented them from recognizing the kinship
And accepting their family's riches…

Comments

[sandra]

Love the cartoon! Very cute! ...and great perspective on the drawing...very interesting to look at.

[Beth]

Your cartoon gave me a Friday morning laugh out loud moment.
And I love the poem.

[toni]

LUV the cartoon!!! :D

[toni]

Oh would you mind if I posted your cartoon on my blog? I am writing a blog entry about "The One" soon, and that cartoon would be perfect. I'd give credit of course. Let me know please! :)

[Marg]

Love that cartoon!

I wouldn't mind posting it on my blog for something I am doing about libraries soon, with appropriate credit! Could you let me know as well. Thanks!

[Patricia]

Toni and Marg, you're both more than welcome to use my cartoon, as long as you give me credit, and post a link to my blog, thanks!

[Ellen]

Fun! What's a brilliant cartoon!