Laura Reinbach - 31 Poems in 31 Days

Second year English & Creative writing Student has launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise money for the PPL. She will be writing a new poem every day for the whole of October to be available to help raise much needed funds for the library. The money raised will be used to fund the upkeep of the library and purchase more of the literary material that its members request.

All Laura's poems can be viewed here laura Reinbach: 31 Poems in 31 Days

Or here to contribute via her Just Giving page

Read Sarah Waddingtons' recent Plymouth Herald Article in full here. Photo by John Allen.

Laura's first poem

Salvation

With a familiar buzz and a click
I enter this veteran place
Where I am greeted with a smile
From many a friendly face,
And transported back through time
As I ascend the stair,
From modern thriller fiction
To the Roman Empire,
Right up to the pinnacle
Where another room is found:
A quiet dusty haven
Far above the ground.
There is an occasional gathering
For coffee, cake, and tea
Or a talk on someone prominent
Whose work is displayed to see,
But it is through this vertical warren
That I scurry as I’m tasked
To fetch and find and return books –

My mind free at last!