There is no Frigate like a Book
after Emily Dickinson
Today I travelled across the globe,
I journeyed to the moon,
I rowed across the ocean
and came home all too soon.
I went to live in Neverland,
was a Viking with a sword,
I made friends with a caveman
through the magic of the word.
I walked in this enchanted world
I’d built inside my head
till mum said Put those books away.
Lights off now. Time for bed.
I journeyed to the moon,
I rowed across the ocean
and came home all too soon.
I went to live in Neverland,
was a Viking with a sword,
I made friends with a caveman
through the magic of the word.
I walked in this enchanted world
I’d built inside my head
till mum said Put those books away.
Lights off now. Time for bed.
This poem is copyright (©) Carole Bromley 2024
About the Writer
Carole Bromley
Carole has won the Caterpillar Prize and had poems in Tyger, Tyger, The Toy, Paper Lanterns, Paperbound, Little Thoughts Press and Northern Gravy as well as in her collection, Blast Off! and anthologies from MacMillan, Nosy Crow and Emma Press. She does readings and workshops at festivals and in schools and in 2024 is tutoring courses on writing poetry for children at the Garsdale Retreat and for the Writing School online.
