The affair of a reader with his books is hard to describe. An avid reader, enjoys every moment with his books. Nothing compares to getting lost in this fascinating journey of fantasy, adventure, love, drama or a literary masterpiece. Be it an intense one or a casual read, the result is always magical.
Recently while browsing the net, I came across some new phrases, the scholars have compiled to describe some emotions a reader feels, ranging from funny to whimsical, which are generally hard to define.
I have tried to weave them together into poetry. Hope you enjoy it. Would love to hear your feedback. These new phrases are in bold and their meanings are at the end of the poem.
As a perfictionist, I glance
at my infinite collection of treasury,
with a feeling of shelfrighteous pride.
Passionately bookbosomed,
I carefully pick up
one among the many
from the litmosphere.
The senses breathe in
the lingering fresh scent
each crisp page emanates,
as it leaves me smellbound.
With a ravenous hunger
I plunge into her
feeling her warmth
as I turn her over.
I scrollmate with my favourite
as I am sentranced by it,
though at times guilty of readultry.
I am averse to ultracrepidarian,
epeolatry , I swear by,
for, I am an ardent bibliophagist!
Meanings:
Bibliophagist: a devourer of books, a voracious reader.
Perfictionist: a fiction reader with high expectations.
Shelfrighteous: a feeling of superiority about one’s bookshelf.
Bookbosomed: the habit of carrying a book at all times.
Litmosphere: the vast domain of readers and writers of the world.
Smellbound: captivated by the scent of books.
Scrollmate: an author, the reader finds a deep connection with.
Sentranced: the state of being captivated by a well written sentence.
Readultry: the act of being unfaithful to one book by reading another simultaneously.
Epeolatry: the worship of words.
Ultracrepidarian: someone who gives an opinion on things he knows nothing about.
Loved your poem, R ❤ I am a mixture of bibliophagist, perfectionist, sentranced, bookbosomed and readultry. Haha, that covered almost half of the list. 😉
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So glad to hear that R. Thanks dear 💖🙂
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I absolutely LOVE, LoVe, lOvE this post — the words, the way your put your poem together is just so fabulous. Thank You Radhika – from me and all our fellow bibliophagists. 🙂
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I guess as book lovers all of us can relate to it. Thanks a lot Krishnapriya for such a positive feedback 💖
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Wow, this is a masterpiece!👌👌
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Thanks a ton Richa 🙏🙂
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Inspiring piece.. such beautifully decorated your words and presented them so skillfully dear.. hats off.. 👍🏼😊👒👌🏼👏🏼👏🏼
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Thank you for your kind words Debika 💖🙂
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Anytime dear.. 😇💕
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You SENTRANCED me by your EPEOLATRY and made me your SCROLLMATE…..😊👌
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Haha! Appreciate your creative feedback Sakshi. Thanks dear 💖🙂
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I had fun reading so the pleasure was mine 😊
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Well written . Thanks for explaining the words and their meanings.
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Thank you so much Siddhartha!
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You are welcome dear
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Nice one Radhika
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Thanks Daneel!
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Welcome Radhika
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👌❤
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Thanks Ismeet 🙂
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Thank you Radhika, I loved your inspirational poem and the creative words you came up with. Among some of them I am definitely a bookbosomed person, always having a book in my purse. As well I am a smellbound one, well since I have been earlier on a professional bookseller back in Germany, that explains it all.
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The feel and the scent of those crisp pages is so beautiful. I love them too. With you having been a bookseller, I can very well understand your love for books. So nice to see you here Cornelia. Thanks a bunch 🙂
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Indeed it is Radhika, thank you for your kind response
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Fantastic 😊
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Many thanks Lakshmi 🙂
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Impressive compilation and composition, Radhika 🙂
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Thank you Indira 🙂
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Clever. And original
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Thanks so much 🙏
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One of your best
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Humbled dear Deepa 🙏
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Absolutely loved it!!! I learned so many new words that fit me perfectly 😊
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I am sure there are many to choose from , for an avid reader like you Shaloo. Thanks 😊
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Thanks Radhika for bringing to us the phrases in such a beautiful and inspiring way. Loved the way you weaved them into a poem form…Kudos to you. 👍
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Thanks a lot Deepika 🙂
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Dear Scrollmate you enchanted me with this poem of bibliography and never knew these new words and they were awesome. All connected with books and reading. You had the Epeolatry of words. Awesome, Radhika too good.
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Happy to read your comment Kamal. Thanks a bunch 🙂
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Welcome dear Radhika.
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Oh wow! Where’d you come across these words?! 👌🏼
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While browsing the net!
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👍
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Great work Radhika ! I love to read your posts
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Thanks so much Ben. Same here. Your motivational posts inspire many like me 🙂
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Thanks for listing down the meanings of those words at the end, learnt a lot here. 🙂
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Happy to have shared something new today. Thanks Megala 🙂
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It’s amazing post 👌👌 I love it💞👍
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Many many thanks Hardip 🙂🙏
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Every work of yours is sentrancing!
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Thanks Deepika for the generous appreciation 💖
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You always deserve it, Radhika ❤
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😇🤗🙏
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Love the definitions! Thanks for sharing 🙂
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The pleasure was all mine Vidur 🙂.
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I love reading it with the new words to enrich the vocabulary of the epeolatry in me, R. Books are an universe in itself 🙂
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“Books are an universe in itself!”. Beautifully said Vishal 👍
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Wow Radhika you have done some brilliant and amazing work here!
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Many thanks Pragalbha 🙂
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Wow! Awesome.
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Thanks Indira 🙂
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Superb..Enjoyed reading….
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Thanks Bhavana!
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What a creative poem and thanks for sharing these interesting words with us. Never knew they existed.
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Thanks Megha. I enjoyed writing this one !
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Thanks Radhika
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Such an amazing poem and I can relate to it a lot
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Thanks a lot!
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I am a Shelfrighteous prick who loves dwelling in the Litmosphere. Though happily married, but committed Readultry with more than one Scrollmate. I am Smellbound; senses rule me. And, I am Sentranced by your eloquence and respect your Epeolatry.
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Applause dear Piyali for that spontaneous and creative feedback. Smiling 😊👏
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Thank you, your poem deserves it. Beautifully written 🙂
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Wow! I have added those to my word collection, Radhika. Is there a single word for a Bibilophagist who makes a collection of new words too?
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Haha! I give you the privilege of coining one Pranitha. Do share with us once you’ve done that :).
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May be I should work on that now 😉
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👍🙂
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Another masterpiece from your amazing creator
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Thanks Meenakshi!
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Wow. This is simply brilliant. I learned so many words and funny ones. And your poem was just wow
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Thanks for such a positive feedback Shantanu 🙂
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My pleasure always. This was beautiful
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Creativity at its very best…Take a bow…The books must be feeling alive and relishing the honor you have bestowed on them with these new age words… I am sure each book must be feeling like having won a “Booker”…Keep these “Book-a-licious” posts coming 🙂
Readultry, I realized is a crime i commit often 😦
I have half a mind to spray my kindle reader with scents that emanate from books 😉
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Haha! Thanks so much Karthik for generous and kind feedback. Loved another new word you coined….”Book-a-licious”!! 👍
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great collection and concoction of the terms, and then there is enough humor to make this Ultracrepidarian write this comment too.
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Thanks ESP. I epeolatry your work🙂
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haha..I had to go back to dictionary..ESP bows to the epeolatror.
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And I am Sentranced by this writing! Indeed reading is catharsis to each one of us 🙂
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Thanks a lot Parikhit!
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OMG! Couldn’t help but smile through each verse of this poem as I identified with each carefully positioned word. We readers are quite the book addicts 😀
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Thank you Pradita! Am glad all the book lovers could relate to this one!
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Welcome 😊
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Loved this poem Radhika.. much inspiring one..
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Thanks so much Chiru 🙂
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Pleasure is mine.
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Wow….so much i learnt today!! And an amazing creativity as always!! Though sadly im not much into books now but will share it with few friends whom i know are book lovers!!
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Thank you so much Sifar 🙂
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i liked the word bibliphagist ,i am exactly that.I have been sentranced and smellbound many a times……its so glad to relate.
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Your comment has made me so happy. Thank you 🙂
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