Reading enriches

Reading enriches (a senryū)

Reading enriches

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In the world of books

I devoured, shelf after shelf

enriching my mind

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In reading, I learn

many places, I travel

feeling others’ souls

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Deep into my books

many people, I became

their lives understood

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Moments of silence

the reader appreciates

peaceful solitude

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“Show me a family of readers, and I will show you the people who move the world.”

Napoléon Bonaparte

“If you don’t like to read, you haven’t found the right book.”

J.K. Rowling (Joanne Rowling)