Pilgrim's Progress

Pilgrim's Progress

An empty shelf

of books

that once were read.

The shredder

on overtime

to munch each page

until the writer

is obliterated.

Recycling time

we thought

would never end.

The Swallows and the Amazons,

Robinson Crusoe,

The Day of the Triffids,

The War of the Worlds,

Journey to The Centre of the Earth,

2001, A Space Odyssey.

Arise the neon lights

of technology,

Kindle mine eyes

with the future,

where literature

like all things

becomes a disposable

commodity.

 

19/04/15

Reviews

[andrew mitchell]

I read a book called Pilgrim's progress by L.J.Caunter. The cover drags you in when catches your eye! I love books and many a book is found wandering in a book-store especially secondhand. A sad future indeed

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Yes this was a children's book and Caunter adapted it from John Bunyan's epic. Thanks Andrew

[andrew mitchell]

Correct you are and I still have the book given by my father. Its a ripper!

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Jack??????

[andrew mitchell]

yes................

[John Alexander McFadyen]

LMSO!!!!!!

[Kelly Scheppers]

Mine eyes prefer the spines of books, the warmth that only a turning of pages can provide. Yet I know, the day is coming when our bookstores will be obsolete...what a travesty!

Wonderful pennning, John...much thought to ponder!

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Yet here we all are using the technology to write and kill what we love so much. When I go into a bookstore there are just so many books to choose from these days. Just finished an amazing book by Ian McEwan, 'Saturday' and it brought me to tears. Now he is a writer. Thank you Kelly.