I will not dog-ear a page.
Instead, I use one of these:
* A random scrap of paper
* A love note from one of my
children that says, “I
love you, Mom” or “I know that
I can always go to you.”
* A piece of pretty cardstock
* Bookstore ad — “Book No Further”
* Used envelope sans the mail
* Cross-stitched cats on hardanger
* Index card scribbled with notes
And quotes from the book it’s in
* A tucked-in book jacket flap
* A grocery store receipt
* Slip from an online bookstore
that says “Thank you for your order!”
* A printed prayer, * a ribbon
* A postcard, * an old letter
* Class handout folded in half
* Tattered newspaper clippings
* Business card from an artist
That I met at a craft show
* Page from a day calendar –
2002 Far Side cows
* An unused tissue because
A used one would be quite gross
* A decades old photograph
of my kids in a leaf pile
* A Reeses candy wrapper
You have to admit there is
always something close at hand
to neatly keep your place for
when you return to reading
Many apologies. I’m not feeling terribly creative 
However, the W3 prompt this week was to write an ode to an everyday object. This may not be an ode, but I do appreciate all the little items that rise to the challenge of holding my place in a book.
Hot Dogs and Marmalade 
This is quite a creative way to mark your place in a book.
It’s called grabbing whatever is at hand. 🙂
And also caring for your book.
True!
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Hehe! The last thing I used as a bookmark was a coupon for $20 off my Chewy order (expired of course)!
I forgot about coupons! Great bookmarks!
Reminds me of my daughter. She will never fold her pages and that I do annoys her so. 🤭
very much enjoyed, Sally 🤍
Thanks, Destiny!
not only dog earred
but stained with food and coke too
I confess to more than one coffee cup stain on the cover of some books that have paid the price for doubling as a coaster.
my book mark id s coffee as a meal for hell s sake. the mantra was sally in the am pm and in rejection too. she said i care for you deeply and turned me in for sexual harassment again. who does that? lmao have a lovely day. trying to find where that osage movie is playing.
I’ve used many of the same items as bookmarks. 🥰 (and your poem doesn’t lack for creativity…it’s delightfully true)
Thanks, Kaye!
I’ve also used most of those as bookmarks….sometimes its fun to discover one in a book from the shelf and remember where I was when I needed to repurpose something to hold my place.
I have a number of handy bookmarks.