I have a book called Book Speak: poems about books by Laura Purdie Salas, illustrated by Josée Biasaillon. I met the author once upon a time and got the book signed!
Here are a few of my favourites:
If a Tree Falls
If a tree falls in the forest
with no ear to hear its fall,
does it make a crackling thunder
or descend in silent sprawl?
If a book remains unopened
and no reader turns its page,
does it still embrace a story
or trap words inside a cage?
Top Secret
Describe you desires and they become mine.
I‘m a treasure box where feelings can shine.
All thinkers need pages where dreams can take flight.
Reveal all.
Your secrets, one entry per night.
HYDROPHOBIAC
I swallow up dragons and
cannons and
wars.
I don’t fear old mansions
with slow, creaking
doors.
I quite like the dark–
murky midnight’s no
threat.
The one thing I fear
is the feeling of–
wet!
When puddles attack me or
raindrops are
springkled,
they leave me quite soggy–
they turn me all
wrinkled!