In honour of my birthday this week, I wanted to share a couple of my favourite fantasy books from when I was growing up. When I was younger, I absolutely loved unicorns. So I was really excited when Into the Land of the Unicorns by Bruce Coville came out; Into the Land of the Unicorns... Continue Reading →
Hexed by Kevin Hearne
There are several of us at the library who are in love with Atticus O’Sullivan. Atticus is a cute Irish lad who looks to be in his early twenties. He’s also the last living druid in Kevin Hearne’s Iron Druid Chronicles, making him about 21 centuries old. Atticus has been living in Tempe, Arizona... Continue Reading →
Hounded by Kevin Hearne
There are a bunch of us at the library who are enamored with Kevin Hearne’s Iron Druid Chronicles. They’re about Atticus O’Sullivan, the last of the druids. Atticus looks about 21 years old, but is actually 21 centuries old. One of the secrets to his longevity (besides a tea that keeps him young) is an... Continue Reading →
TBPL Staff Poetry “Gasping Forwords” By Shauna Kosoris
Breathe in. Alive. Healthy. Happy. Single. Meeting. Coffee. Waiting. Hoping. Breathe Out. Disappointment. Toil. Patience. Together. Separated. Longing. Reunited. Routine. Breathe in. Busy. Misunderstanding. Impatience. Aloofness. Exasperation. Confrontation. Crying. Heartbreaking. Breathe out. Alone. Single. But alive. And healing. Originally published in the Winter 2008 edition of The Artery.
TBPL Staff Poetry Favourites “The Day the Saucers Came” by Neil Gaiman
That Day, the saucers landed. Hundreds of them, golden, Silent, coming down from the sky like great snowflakes, And the people of Earth stood and stared as they descended, Waiting, dry-mouthed, to find out what waited inside for us And none of us knowing if we would be here tomorrow But you didn’t notice because... Continue Reading →
TBPL Staff Poetry Favourites “Instructions” by Neil Gaiman
Touch the wooden gate in the wall you never saw before. Say "please" before you open the latch,go through, walk down the path. A red metal imp hangs from the green-painted front door, as a knocker, do not touch it; it will bite your fingers. Walk through the house. Take nothing. Eat nothing. However, if... Continue Reading →
TBPL Staff Poetry Favourites “The Fairy Reel” by Neil Gaiman
If I were young as once I was, and dreams and death more distant then, I wouldn't split my soul in two, and keep half in the world of men, So half of me would stay at home, and strive for Faërie in vain, While all the while my soul would stroll up narrow path,... Continue Reading →
TBPL Staff Poetry Favourites “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim Because it was grassy... Continue Reading →
TBPL Staff Poetry Favourites “What is So Rare as a Day in June” by James Russell Lowell and “A Vagabond Song” by Bliss Carman
I just happened to be working at Waverley today and got caught up on my E-mail and saw your poetry tree request. This is a subject that is near and dear to my heart and I will never forget two of the poems that Miss Kathleen Connor, my 6th and 8th grade teacher at Pine... Continue Reading →
TBPL Staff Poetry Favourites ” Jabberwocky” by Lewis Carroll
JABBERWOCKY ’Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe. Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch!” He took his vorpal sword in hand; Long time... Continue Reading →
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