The culture of the codex is fading
Our eyes seek stark screens, not porous pages;
What are neglected novels concealing?
Snubbed by readers, bookish romance rages!
Would Achilles and Anne Shirley get on?
Could Arthur Dent cheer up Ophelia?
Young Werther could turn Beatrice on;
For Lestat, who’d risk necrophilia?
Consider Candide caressed by Circe--
Heathcliff might turn red, touched by Hester Prynne;
While fantasizing with Don Quixote
Anna Karenina would surely grin
Ignored by technophile, human lovers
Characters might mingle under covers!
About the Creator
D. J. Reddall
I write because my time is limited and my imagination is not.
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