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Tue Jan-24-06 08:16 AM
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The RetroLounge Daily Poem Thread (Tue 1/24/06) |
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Waiting
When I am alone I am happy. The air is cool. The sky is flecked and splashed and wound with color. The crimson phalloi of the sassafras leaves hang crowded before me in shoals on the heavy branches. When I reach my doorstep I am greeted by the happy shrieks of my children and my heart sinks. I am crushed.
Are not my children as dear to me as falling leaves or must one become stupid to grow older? It seems much as if Sorrow had tripped up my heels. Let us see, let us see! What did I plan to say to her when it should happen to me as it has happened now?
William Carlos Williams
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Tue Jan-24-06 10:07 AM
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1. Sounds like this was a day when everything changed. |
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I like solitude myself and I really treasure people I can have solitude with.
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Tue Jan-24-06 02:01 PM
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Tue Jan-24-06 10:46 AM
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2. mmmm -- this one is yummy. |
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when a thought, an emotion takes us by surprise.
a revelation -- that stands like an unanswered question -- is it accusing?
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Tue Jan-24-06 03:13 PM
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5. "an emotion takes us by surprise" |
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Yes, that's pretty much it...
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Tue Jan-24-06 11:46 AM
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3. Very nice, my dear RetroLounge.... |
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Thank you for it, as always!
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Tue Jan-24-06 07:42 PM
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6. You are welcome as always |
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Tue Jan-24-06 07:47 PM
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I love my time alone as much as I love my time with others. :hug:
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Tue Jan-24-06 08:35 PM
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