The RetroLounge Daily Poem Thread (Thu 2/9/06)

[RetroLounge]

She

I think the dead are tender. Shall we kiss? --
My lady laughs, delighting in what is.
If she but sighs, a bird puts out its tongue.
She makes space lonely with a lovely song.
She lilts a low soft language, and I hear
Down long sea-chambers of the inner ear.

We sing together; we sing mouth to mouth.
The garden is a river flowing south.
She cries out loud the soul's own secret joy;
She dances, and the ground bears her away.
She knows the speech of light, and makes it plain
A lively thing can come to life again.

I feel her presence in the common day,
In that slow dark that widens every eye.
She moves as water moves, and comes to me,
Stayed by what was, and pulled by what would be.

Theodore Roethke

((( . )))

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RL

[In_The_Wind]

1. Thank you. That's beautiful!

[RetroLounge]

8. You are welcome!

:hi:

and thanks for the rose...

RL

[LaraMN]

2. That's beautiful visual and verbal choreography. It rolls across

the tongue gracefully. Someone certainly knew how to regard a woman.

[RetroLounge]

10. Yes, I can learn from the masters...

:hi:

RL

[xchrom]

3. mmmmmm--

[RevCheesehead]

4. Damn...

I can only hope that someday, I'll find someone who loves me that much.

[miss_american_pie]

5. Damn

Just... damn.

:hi:

[tigereye]

6. nice

thanks, again.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

7. My dear RetroLounge.......

How very beautiful and eloquent....

It is even lovelier when spoken aloud...

Thank you


:loveya:

[SeattleGirl]

9. Absolutely lovely

Thank you, RL. :loveya: :hug: