Tuesday, 17 December 2013

Poem: Girls who read by Mark Grist

Sorry for the radio silence, everyone! Even though I love it, College still continues to be chaotic and leaves me with hardly any time for myself- and in this case, time to write posts but I'll try and make more time.

I'm currently studying poetry in my English lesson right now-and knowing how much I love to read, as we all do- my teacher decided to show me this one, even though it didn't relate to our lesson, just in case I liked it... and I did!! *winks*

Sorry to any guys out there who read this and feel a little left out...well then again it could be very enlightening for you!!
 

Girls who read by Mark Grist
 
“So, what do you go for in a girl?”
He crows, lifting a lager to his lips
Gestures where his mate sits
Downs his glass
“He prefers tits
I prefer ass.
What do you go for in a girl?”
 
I don’t feel comfortable
The air left the room a long time ago
All eyes are on me
Well, if you must know
 
I want a girl who reads
Yeah. Reads.
I’m not trying to call you a chauvinist
Cos I know you’re not alone in this
but…
 
I want a girl who reads
Who needs the written word
& uses the added vocabulary
She gleans from novels and poetry
To hold lively conversation
In a range of social situations
 
I want a girl who reads
Who’s heart bleeds at the words of Graham Greene
Or even Heat magazine
Who’ll tie back her hair while reading Jane Eyre
and goes cover to cover with each waterstones three for two offer
but I want a girl who doesn’t stop there
 
I want a girl who reads
Who feeds her addiction for fiction
With unusual poems and plays
That she hunts out in crooked bookshops for days and days and days
She’ll sit addicted at breakfast, soaking up the back of the cornflakes box
And the information she gets from what she reads makes her a total fox
Cos she’s interesting & unique
& her theories make me go weak at the knees
 
I want a girl who reads
A girl who’s eyes will analyse
The menu over dinner
Who’ll use what she learns to kick my ass in arguments
so she always ends the winner
But she’ll still be sweet and she’ll still be flirty
Cos she loves the classics and the classics are dirty
So late at night she’d always have me in a stupor
As she paraphrases the raunchier moments from the works of Jilly Cooper
 
See, some guys prefer asses
Some prefer tits
And I’m not saying that I don’t like those bits
But what’s more important
What supersedes
Is a girl a with passion, wit and dreams
So I’d like a girl who reads.
 
You can even watch a video off of YouTube that he made for this poem.
It's awesome, you'll love it!


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