Book Club Rhymes - 2001 edition
| Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver) | |
| With Biblical truths to impart Nathan plunged into darkness’ heart He ignored all advice, Paid the ultimate Price And scattered his family apart. - Michael |
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| Kim (Rudyard Kipling) | |
| With all of the world as his friend Kim plays the great game to the end With a lama in tow To the mountains they go Seeking Russians they can apprehend. - Michael |
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| Swann’s Way (Marcel Proust) | |
| There was a young author named Proust Who thought it would give him a boost To write stream of conciousness With a soupçon of raunchiness So he packed up his pen and let loose. - Leith |
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| Swann’s Way (Marcel Proust) | |
| All it took was a bite of madeleine Dipped in lime-blossom tea. Only then Could Marcel shed regret, Lift his pen, and then set Off in search of lost time once again. - Michael |
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| Perfume (Patrick Suskind) | |
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Stinking old Paris. This was inspired by Blyth’s translation of Basho’s famous
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| Blindness (Jose Saramago) | |
| Whiteness clouds the eyes Man’s violence emerges. No: this is not snow. - Michael |
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