Reading Books By Vivian G. Gouled

by | Oct 30, 2025 | Book Poems, Books, Female Poets, Poems, Poetry, Reading Poems

Reading Books
By Vivian G. Gouled

I like to read all kinds of books
To entertain myself,
And so I’m glad when I can take
A book down from the shelf.

I like the picture books of planes,
Of flowers, birds, and ships
From which I can imagine that
I’m taking wonder trips.

I like the books with stories in
And also books of rhymes;
I often try to learn a few
And say them lots of times.

I like to read all kinds of books
I find upon the shelf –
Particularly now that I
Can read all by myself!

Reading Books By Vivian G. Gouled

by | October 30, 2025 | Book Poems, Books, Female Poets, Poems, Poetry, Reading Poems | 0 Comments

Reading BooksBy Vivian G. Gouled I like to read all kinds of booksTo entertain myself,And so I’m glad when I can takeA book down from the shelf. I like the picture books of planes,Of flowers, birds, and shipsFrom which I can imagine thatI’m taking wonder trips. I like...
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The Reading Mother By Strickland Gillilan

by | October 30, 2025 | Poems, Poetry, Reading Poems | 0 Comments

The Reading MotherBy Strickland Gillilan I had a mother who read to meSagas of pirates who scoured the sea,Cutlasses clenched in their yellow teeth,“Blackbirds” stowed in the hold beneath. I had a Mother who read me laysOf ancient and gallant and golden days;Stories...
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Read to Me By Jane Yolen

by | October 30, 2025 | Poems, Poetry, Reading Poems | 0 Comments

Read to Me By Jane Yolen Read to me riddles and read to me rhymesRead to me stories of magical timesRead to me tales about castles and kingsRead to me stories of fabulous thingsRead to me pirates and read to me knightsRead to me dragons and dragon-book fightsRead to...
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Adventures with Books By Velda Blumhagen

by | October 30, 2025 | Book Poems, Books, Poems, Poetry, Reading Poems | 0 Comments

Adventures with Books By Velda Blumhagen Books are ships that sail the seasTo lands of snow or jungle trees.And I’m the captain bold and freeWho will decide which place we’ll see.Come, let us sail the magic ship. Books are trains in many lands,Crossing hills or desert...
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Good Books by Edgar Guest

by | January 20, 2025 | Book Poems, Books, Poetic Flows Podcast, Poetry, Reading Poems | 0 Comments

Good BooksbyEdgar Guest Good books are friendly things to own.If you are busy they will wait.They will not call you on the phoneOr wake you if the hour is late.They stand together row by row,Upon the low shelf or the high.But if you're lonesome this you know:You have...
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The Reading Mother By Strickland Gillilan

by | Oct 30, 2025 | Poems, Poetry, Reading Poems

The Reading Mother
By Strickland Gillilan

I had a mother who read to me
Sagas of pirates who scoured the sea,
Cutlasses clenched in their yellow teeth,
“Blackbirds” stowed in the hold beneath.

I had a Mother who read me lays
Of ancient and gallant and golden days;
Stories of Marmion and Ivanhoe,
Which every boy has a right to know.

I had a Mother who read me tales
Of Gelert the hound of the hills of Wales,
True to his trust till his tragic death,
Faithfulness blent with his final breath.

I had a Mother who read me the things
That wholesome life to the boy heart brings –
Stories that stir with an upward touch,
Oh, that each mother of boys were such!

You may have tangible wealth untold;
Caskets of jewels and coffers of gold.
Richer than I you can never be –
I had a Mother who read to me.

Reading Books By Vivian G. Gouled

by | October 30, 2025 | Book Poems, Books, Female Poets, Poems, Poetry, Reading Poems | 0 Comments

Reading BooksBy Vivian G. Gouled I like to read all kinds of booksTo entertain myself,And so I’m glad when I can takeA book down from the shelf. I like the picture books of planes,Of flowers, birds, and shipsFrom which I can imagine thatI’m taking wonder trips. I like...
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The Reading Mother By Strickland Gillilan

by | October 30, 2025 | Poems, Poetry, Reading Poems | 0 Comments

The Reading MotherBy Strickland Gillilan I had a mother who read to meSagas of pirates who scoured the sea,Cutlasses clenched in their yellow teeth,“Blackbirds” stowed in the hold beneath. I had a Mother who read me laysOf ancient and gallant and golden days;Stories...
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Read to Me By Jane Yolen

by | October 30, 2025 | Poems, Poetry, Reading Poems | 0 Comments

Read to Me By Jane Yolen Read to me riddles and read to me rhymesRead to me stories of magical timesRead to me tales about castles and kingsRead to me stories of fabulous thingsRead to me pirates and read to me knightsRead to me dragons and dragon-book fightsRead to...
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Adventures with Books By Velda Blumhagen

by | October 30, 2025 | Book Poems, Books, Poems, Poetry, Reading Poems | 0 Comments

Adventures with Books By Velda Blumhagen Books are ships that sail the seasTo lands of snow or jungle trees.And I’m the captain bold and freeWho will decide which place we’ll see.Come, let us sail the magic ship. Books are trains in many lands,Crossing hills or desert...
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Good Books by Edgar Guest

by | January 20, 2025 | Book Poems, Books, Poetic Flows Podcast, Poetry, Reading Poems | 0 Comments

Good BooksbyEdgar Guest Good books are friendly things to own.If you are busy they will wait.They will not call you on the phoneOr wake you if the hour is late.They stand together row by row,Upon the low shelf or the high.But if you're lonesome this you know:You have...
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Read to Me By Jane Yolen

by | Oct 30, 2025 | Poems, Poetry, Reading Poems

Read to Me By Jane Yolen

Read to me riddles and read to me rhymes
Read to me stories of magical times
Read to me tales about castles and kings
Read to me stories of fabulous things
Read to me pirates and read to me knights
Read to me dragons and dragon-book fights
Read to me spaceships and cowboys and then
When you are finished- please read them again.

Reading Books By Vivian G. Gouled

by | October 30, 2025 | Book Poems, Books, Female Poets, Poems, Poetry, Reading Poems | 0 Comments

Reading BooksBy Vivian G. Gouled I like to read all kinds of booksTo entertain myself,And so I’m glad when I can takeA book down from the shelf. I like the picture books of planes,Of flowers, birds, and shipsFrom which I can imagine thatI’m taking wonder trips. I like...
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The Reading Mother By Strickland Gillilan

by | October 30, 2025 | Poems, Poetry, Reading Poems | 0 Comments

The Reading MotherBy Strickland Gillilan I had a mother who read to meSagas of pirates who scoured the sea,Cutlasses clenched in their yellow teeth,“Blackbirds” stowed in the hold beneath. I had a Mother who read me laysOf ancient and gallant and golden days;Stories...
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Read to Me By Jane Yolen

by | October 30, 2025 | Poems, Poetry, Reading Poems | 0 Comments

Read to Me By Jane Yolen Read to me riddles and read to me rhymesRead to me stories of magical timesRead to me tales about castles and kingsRead to me stories of fabulous thingsRead to me pirates and read to me knightsRead to me dragons and dragon-book fightsRead to...
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Adventures with Books By Velda Blumhagen

by | October 30, 2025 | Book Poems, Books, Poems, Poetry, Reading Poems | 0 Comments

Adventures with Books By Velda Blumhagen Books are ships that sail the seasTo lands of snow or jungle trees.And I’m the captain bold and freeWho will decide which place we’ll see.Come, let us sail the magic ship. Books are trains in many lands,Crossing hills or desert...
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Good Books by Edgar Guest

by | January 20, 2025 | Book Poems, Books, Poetic Flows Podcast, Poetry, Reading Poems | 0 Comments

Good BooksbyEdgar Guest Good books are friendly things to own.If you are busy they will wait.They will not call you on the phoneOr wake you if the hour is late.They stand together row by row,Upon the low shelf or the high.But if you're lonesome this you know:You have...
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Adventures with Books By Velda Blumhagen

by | Oct 30, 2025 | Book Poems, Books, Poems, Poetry, Reading Poems

Adventures with Books By Velda Blumhagen

Books are ships that sail the seas
To lands of snow or jungle trees.
And I’m the captain bold and free
Who will decide which place we’ll see.
Come, let us sail the magic ship.

Books are trains in many lands,
Crossing hills or desert sands.
And I’m the engineer who guides
The train on its exciting rides.
Come, let us ride the magic train.

Books are zoos that make a home
For birds and beasts not free to roam.
And I’m the keeper of the zoo,
I choose the things to show to you.
Come, let us visit in a zoo.

Books are gardens, fairies, elves,
Cowboys, and people like ourselves.
And I can find with one good look
Just what I want inside a book.
Come, let us read! For reading’s fun!

Reading Books By Vivian G. Gouled

by | October 30, 2025 | Book Poems, Books, Female Poets, Poems, Poetry, Reading Poems | 0 Comments

Reading BooksBy Vivian G. Gouled I like to read all kinds of booksTo entertain myself,And so I’m glad when I can takeA book down from the shelf. I like the picture books of planes,Of flowers, birds, and shipsFrom which I can imagine thatI’m taking wonder trips. I like...
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The Reading Mother By Strickland Gillilan

by | October 30, 2025 | Poems, Poetry, Reading Poems | 0 Comments

The Reading MotherBy Strickland Gillilan I had a mother who read to meSagas of pirates who scoured the sea,Cutlasses clenched in their yellow teeth,“Blackbirds” stowed in the hold beneath. I had a Mother who read me laysOf ancient and gallant and golden days;Stories...
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Read to Me By Jane Yolen

by | October 30, 2025 | Poems, Poetry, Reading Poems | 0 Comments

Read to Me By Jane Yolen Read to me riddles and read to me rhymesRead to me stories of magical timesRead to me tales about castles and kingsRead to me stories of fabulous thingsRead to me pirates and read to me knightsRead to me dragons and dragon-book fightsRead to...
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Adventures with Books By Velda Blumhagen

by | October 30, 2025 | Book Poems, Books, Poems, Poetry, Reading Poems | 0 Comments

Adventures with Books By Velda Blumhagen Books are ships that sail the seasTo lands of snow or jungle trees.And I’m the captain bold and freeWho will decide which place we’ll see.Come, let us sail the magic ship. Books are trains in many lands,Crossing hills or desert...
Read More

Good Books by Edgar Guest

by | January 20, 2025 | Book Poems, Books, Poetic Flows Podcast, Poetry, Reading Poems | 0 Comments

Good BooksbyEdgar Guest Good books are friendly things to own.If you are busy they will wait.They will not call you on the phoneOr wake you if the hour is late.They stand together row by row,Upon the low shelf or the high.But if you're lonesome this you know:You have...
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Good Books by Edgar Guest

Good Books by Edgar Guest

by | Jan 20, 2025 | Book Poems, Books, Poetic Flows Podcast, Poetry, Reading Poems

Good Books
by
Edgar Guest

Good books are friendly things to own.
If you are busy they will wait.
They will not call you on the phone
Or wake you if the hour is late.
They stand together row by row,
Upon the low shelf or the high.
But if you’re lonesome this you know:
You have a friend or two nearby.

The fellowship of books is real.
They’re never noisy when you’re still.
They won’t disturb you at your meal.
They’ll comfort you when you are ill.
The lonesome hours they’ll always share.
When slighted they will not complain.
And though for them you’ve ceased to care
Your constant friends they’ll still remain.

Good books your faults will never see
Or tell about them round the town.
If you would have their company
You merely have to take them down.
They’ll help you pass the time away,
They’ll counsel give if that you need.
He has true friends for night and day
Who has a few good books to read.