Bookish Romance

It's been ages since I wrote any poetry, but being surrounded by friends who write poems has inspired me to take it up again. Here's one for my husband, Keith.

Bookish Romance

You loved books about sports.

I loved books about animals.

You read Hardy Boys.

I read American Girls.

You thought you were a nerd for reading each Harry Potter book twice?

Well I read them thrice.

In your courtship letters,

Your summer reading included:

No Country for Old Men

On the Road

The Shipping News.

That was sexy. 

You loved the Great Gatsby in high school.

I did not.

You read Jane Eyre for me.

I read Slaughterhouse-Five for you.

Now I read poetry.

And you,

economic text books.

I prefer audiobooks.

You prefer paperbacks.

You read obsessively.

I read consistently.

Sitting side by side at the airport,

You reading Agatha Christie,

Me reading John Steinbeck,

I think to myself,

This is what love looks like.