The Bookish Kind: Christie's Literary Auction

Friday, December 4, 2009

This auction is over, but it is fun to look back at what was available and the asking price. Here is a link to who was able to buy a miniature manuscript of two poems by Charlotte Bronte when she was thirteen. Here is the complete list of what sold and it's final price...fascinating to wonder what you'd pay if money was no object!

Joy

I will never tire of the wind,
be it a cold winter blast
that takes me off guard
with it's bitterness,
or an exhilarating spring or
fall tempest that sweeps me away.
I get caught up in it every time,
...it's as if the wind is calling
my name to come out and play.
The trees become my cohorts,
...those gentle giants that sway
back and forth with delight,
as they gracefully bend to and
fro - they get caught up every time,
too, and are surely clapping their
hands in mirth.
In these moments, I am a
beautiful bird who was made for nothing more than ascending
to the heights where the currents await me. Joy.

For the beauty of the earth