The Library

The enduring power of books

Dayton Public Library 1888–1962. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

Books filled my arms

at our monthly trips to the library.

Our parents signed off on our cards.

Everything in the library was fair game:

photographs of Holocaust victims — naked and pitiful,

art books of Greek statuary — naked and symmetrical,

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Diane Helentjaris

Writer with a love of the overlooked. Author of the historical fiction novel The Indenture of Ivy O’Neill,.www.DianeHelentjaris.com