By Elanur Williams

I am looking for that bright-eyed child
whose words whispered spells
hidden between the shelves,

who spent afternoons scavenging
the tall stacks for stories, leaves
rustling in the half-light.

Elanur Williams is a teacher who has taught in elementary schools and at adult learning centers. She writes from New York, where she lives with her husband and daughter. 

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