The RetroLounge Daily Poem Thread (Sun 2/26/06)

[RetroLounge]

You

Uninvited, the thought of you stayed too late in my head.
so I went to bed, dreaming you hard, hard, woke with your name,
like tears, soft, salt, on my lips, the sound of its bright syllables
like a charm, like a spell.

Falling in love
is glamorous hell: the crouched, parched heart
like a tiger, ready to kill; a flame’s fierce licks under the skin.
into my life, larger than life, you strolled in.

I hid in my ordinary days, in the long grass of routine,
in my camouflage rooms. You sprawled in my gaze,
staring back from anyone’s face, from the shape of a cloud,
from the pining, earth-struck moon which gapes at me

as I open the bedroom door. The curtains stir. There you are
on the bed, like a gift, like a touchable dream.

Carol Ann Duffy

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RL

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[miss_american_pie]

1. Very nice

Glamorous hell, indeed. :hi:

[RetroLounge]

2. Indeed...

:hi:

RL

[El Fuego]

3. I like it

:thumbsup:

[RetroLounge]

13. Me too!

:hi:

RL

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. My dear RetroLounge....

Ah, now THIS one speaks to the happier places in me! MMMMMMMM.........

What a delicious image indeed!

I LOVE it.....thank you.....

:loveya: :hug:

[RetroLounge]

12. You are welcome!

:hi:

RL

[lizziegrace]

5. Thank you RL. Another terrific poem.

"Uninvited, the thought of you stayed too late in my head."

Thoughts not only stay too late, but refuse to leave.

[RetroLounge]

14. Glad you like it

:hi:

RL

[yvr girl]

6. That's a beautiful poem

Thoughts of love can be very pervasive.

[RetroLounge]

8. Sometimes all-encompassing

infiltrating dreamscapes and day-dreams alike...

RL

[WritingIsMyReligion]

7. Wonderful!

:thumbsup:

:hi:

[RetroLounge]

11. Yes, I like it too.

I need to go back and find some of her books. She is quite good...

:hi:

RL

[djeseru]

9. Wow.

"like a charm, like a spell.

Falling in love
is glamorous hell:"

What a great line - this is going to be rattling around upstairs for the next few hours. Thank you for posting it!

:hi:

[RetroLounge]

10. Your welcome!

Good to see you!

:hi:

RL