she settled under the covers
and ran her red nails up their spines
playfully earmarking
poetic pages
while biting down
hard on cinnamon candy
yes, she was a parallel reader
not to mention
a sesquipedalian librocubicularist
and she had such lucid dreams
every night!
Written for dVerse Quadrille Monday where Mish asks us to write a poem in 44 words that uses the word: candy
Image found here
Tricia Sankey 
Rushing to employ my digits manually … google-searching sesquipedalian librocubicularist!! A tongue-tingling delight, Tricia! ❤️
hopefully I spelled it right! 😆 It’s a doozy!!
you did! and it is!!! “Print evidence suggests librocubicularist was checked into the English language in the early 20th century, and it has yet to check out.” 😭
I don’t think I’ll be reading this one aloud! 😆
*decided to hyperlink the word for inquisitive minds*
I, too, hadda go do the research, and I’m GLAD I DID!!!
Love the verse, and the photo’s also perfect. Thanks.
Thanks, I do love this photo so much as well! 😍
Wow this is an awesome piece, Tricia!! So cleverly written, love it 🙌🏻🤍
Thanks, Grace, happy to hear you enjoyed it! 💗🥰💗
Who knew! I am sure we all clicked on your link Tricia. A delightful quadrille ☺️💕
Thanks, Christine, glad you enjoyed it! 🥰💝
Excellent use of imagery. Very clever
Appreciate your comment! 📖🥰📚
A crafty little quadrille. Love what you did here!
Thanks, Mish, appreciate the prompt!! 💝
I certainly learned a new word today. Who knew there was such a long fancy word to express someone who likes to read in bed. Nicely done.
Thanks! It’s an amazing mouthful, just have to practice saying it a bit before I drop it at parties! 😆
I love learning new words therefore I was delighted with, Librocubicularist. A fun poem. Are you this kind of book lover? I end every day reading on my kindle in bed with all of the lights off.
Yes, I tend to read real books in bed, but I do read all the Twitter and WP poet notifications on my phone in between, so this does make me a parallel reader! 😆
Oh my. I don’t think that strategy would help me sleep peacefully.
You are a super achiever in the reading department.
Yeah, the blue light will keep you up, that’s why it’s best to avoid the screens in bed, but generally reading helps me unwind!
You crafted this one with dexterity, Tricia! ❣️
Thanks, it came rather quickly, glad you enjoyed it, Punam! 📚🥰📖
Made me smile Tricia — thank you! 👍🏼🙂✌🏼🕊
Happy to hear, Rob! 📚🥰📖
I love the idea of her reading in bed and sucking on a cinnamon stick! Great use of the prompt. And yes, you hooked me on the Latin. I had to look at the definition!
Thanks! Always try to entice the readers, take some extra cinnamon candy, Dwight 🍬
You are welcome. I loved the big fat cinnamon sticks that we used to buy for a Nickle!
😆 I don’t think remember that far back, but I’ll take your word!
:>)
oooh, it’s like getting a diagnosis after years of not knowing what was wrong with me. Such good fun. Can’t wait to get back under my covers and enjoy more word candy.
I figured there’d be a few others with the same affliction! 😆♥️📚♥️
So many lines stand out Tricia.. I love them all. This reminds me of me every night and the lucid dreams don’t start. Clever, fun and spicy fun! ❤️ I do need a manicure tho!
Thanks, Cindy! I’m a big dreamer but the antihistamines I take probably contribute as well! I’m not fully lucid but more of a feeling I know I’m watching a movie.
You’re so welcome … lol.. I love it! 💞
Wow, awesome words, thanks for hyperlinking it! I, too, almost always read in bed. 🙂
Thanks, Jay, glad you enjoyed it and now you have the fancy word for us bed readers! 😆
Lovely poem and thaks for giving us a link to that amazing new word. Well new to me that is.
Thanks for dropping by my blog.
Much💌love
Glad you enjoyed Gillena! 🌹📚🌹
I love this! I recognise myself in your quadrille, Tricia. 😊
Thanks, Kim, I figured this would resonate with a few here! 🌹📚🌹
Beautiful imagery! Learnt a new tough word. Good one 👌❤️
Thanks, it definitely takes practice to say! 💝
I agree, but it’s such a nice experience.
😆
Yes this! Something about laying back and cracking a fresh spine. You can’t get that feel in bed with an e-reader.
Very true! We’re old school now I suppose! 😆♥️📚♥️
Cinnamon candy. Yum.
And then that word. I cannot pronounce it— I need practice. But first I need to find it’s meaning. Wow.
Very lovely photo and poem 👏
Thanks Selma! It’s such a great word, but I’m not reading this poem aloud! 😆
Ha… reading in bed used to be my passion too… especially when I can do it as a kid.
Yeah, I think I picked it up in childhood! 🥰
The image goes perfectly with your great little piece ❤
Thanks, the image really did inspire me to write this! 💝
Interesting vocabulary! And the perfect time to take to bed with a book 🥶 📖 ❤️
Yes, and the more the merrier! 🤗😆
Written by a true, and talented, sesquipedalian. My wife is a librocubicularist. I would be curious to find out, but I suspect women may be more enthusiastic about that practice.
Thanks so much, Rob! Yes, you are probably right, the need to cuddle with a book may have more feminine energy behind it! 😆