Come Turn the Page
Come turn the page ...
Pick up the book
then take a breath
to calm an eager heart.
Put off the work
set for today,
delay or set apart
all thoughts of lists
and stuff to do,
for pages must be turned,
new places seen,
explored in awe,
with fresh life lessons learned;
come in and meet
the people who
play out their days inside
the covers of
this book you hold,
then in a while decide
your feelings on
these characters,
whose lives you’ve understood;
their choices made,
their empathies,
on who or what seems good.![]()
Come turn the page,
come make a start;
adventures lie within.
Your new book waits
with words unread.
It’s your move … let’s begin.
then take a breath
to calm an eager heart.
Put off the work
set for today,
delay or set apart
all thoughts of lists
and stuff to do,
for pages must be turned,
new places seen,
explored in awe,
with fresh life lessons learned;
come in and meet
the people who
play out their days inside
the covers of
this book you hold,
then in a while decide
your feelings on
these characters,
whose lives you’ve understood;
their choices made,
their empathies,
on who or what seems good.
Come turn the page,
come make a start;
adventures lie within.
Your new book waits
with words unread.
It’s your move … let’s begin.
This poem is copyright (©) Jonathan Humble 2024
About the Writer
Jonathan Humble
Jonathan lives in Cumbria. His work has been published online and in print in a number of magazines and anthologies. His first collection of poetry, My Camel's Name Is Brian, was published by TMB Books in 2015. His second poetry book, Fledge came out in 2020 through Maytree Press. His poems for children have been shortlisted and highly commended in the Caterpillar and Yorkmix poetry competitions and he is the editor of The Dirigible Balloon. His poems Masterclass and This Work is Done were chosen as the Milk House Poem of the Year at the end of 2022 and 2023.
