Needed for jotting notes, quotes, anecdotes— 

Only designed and lined pads get my votes. 

Take them with you, fitting neatly in totes. 

Each holds a space for the purpose one denotes. 

Bringing order that ensures the brain copes, 

Offices use them for learning the ropes. 

Often they house a place for inner hopes, 

Keeping fresh times when an owner smiles, mopes. 

Sacred albums of their thought and feeling— 

About people, notebooks are revealing.

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