In Praise of Newsprint
The first newspaper after the Cyclone
was surprisingly welcome,
not so much for the news
but for the paper itself, the newsprint,
with its soft spot-colour, cartoons,
non-jittery ads and above all
for the puzzle pages
aching for the press of biro
and unhurried completion.
Welcome, too, the simple foldable
feel of it, just me & the daily rag,
the global hordes pressing
behind my personal screen
negated for a bit, and me
& the world none the worse for it.
© Leonard Lambert
Leonard Lambert is a long-established New Zealand poet with a publishing history stretching back to 1970. He is the author of nine collections of verse and, turning 80, is slowly building towards his 10th. A late triumph is an appearance in The Spectator (UK).
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