Haskell Library
across fair-access borders
‘til government’s ban
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Built intentionally on the border between Derby Line, Vermont, and Stanstead, Quebec, this Victorian landmark stands as a monument to friendship between the United States and Canada. This library is a place where families, neighbors, and students have come together for generations to learn, read, and share a civic life rooted in trust, curiosity, and peace.
That legacy ended this week.
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I had read a while before about this phenomenon, a community library that traversed borders between the nations. Now the Canadians have been told they may not use the library on the USA side.
And I suppose haiku aren’t for politicking.
photo by Shunya Koide on Unsplash
(and in the back, a person in attendance in the center)
(x = space)
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What Become Our Favorites
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We shall turn the page
To Thursday
Inside the good book
Of our lives
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One book
Or many books?
I am unsure
Yes
No
Sure there is a book
And there are books
There is a book
Of wisdom and delight
We each part
Or we each have our own
I like to think we have our own
And there becomes a library—imagine!
Such a thing
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The new page
For each one
Or more
On Thursday
Might be written over
Or unmarked
Waiting for experience
And then a recipe
For those who share
These pages,
After
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Or finding birds upon the page
In the medieval way
We’ll scare up the ingredients
To try ourselves
Each one
Each with an assist:
Success in old
Meaning
In what’s gone before
And also
Maybe only
Thursday new
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[sorry for the English-only, and I don’t know what’s being made]
Photo by James Lee on Unsplash
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