I covet diary/journals/notebooks–unique, handmade ones the most–with a love that isn’t sensible. Especially considering how many I have, piled up in drawers. But they’re so pretty…
Do you have any usable items (like pens, blank books, cups) that you have a collection bigger than you can actually use?
Seduction in Pages
When I run my fingers across the smooth
supple lines of your covers
I’m entranced
Embossed, painted, locked, gilded
ribbon bookmark, carved, sculpted, elastic band…
you draw my eye and my hand like a magnet
I can’t escape the charms of your strong spine
beautiful blank, lined pages
the potential of you
Your enticing wrapping for the words
that may bloom along those pristine lines
draws me every time
no matter how many others languish
unsullied by ink or graphite
caitlinsternwrites 