What's a bestseller anyway?

Our opening hours are : Mon - Fri 10.00-17.00, Sat 10.00-18.00, Sunday 11.00-16.00. If you need books delivered you can order from us at: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/chenerbooks
.png)
POEM OF THE MONTH
Storm
Key West, Florida
Though the green coconuts seem safe
in the trees, as winds pick up, I wonder,
perhaps something is coming once again.
Out on my deck I am still, just witnessing
as the sweet smell of Plumeria flowers
quickly shifts to the dark smell of rain.
An anxious rooster hurries to shelter,
the palms flap their monstrous fronds
and suddenly I’m afraid—moving indoors
I watch the wind get wild and tip over
a pink bike and knock down a chair.
Then the rain arrives: hard, deliberate,
driving itself straight into the ground.
I cower alone in the house, ugh, not again—
now the outdoor couch cushions are sailing,
and a tree is yanked up, exposing its roots.
I feel my small self lifting from the ground,
but this time I don’t resist, I let myself go
to wherever it is I go in these storms,
often not to return for months on end—
knowing I’ll come back to comb these streets
for every single last fallen coconut;
I’ll wrap them in blankets, take them home,
and nourish myself on their bitter milk.
Jodie Hollander
.png)
WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY ABOUT US

