The RetroLounge Daily Poem Thread (Thu 7/20/06)

[RetroLounge]

You

You are the whole building on fire.
You are the voice of sirens. You are
the dumb crowd milling, the capture
of Weegee’s lens. You are flames
licking up the escape. You're the hovering
of a mother at the cliff of her window ledge.
You are the choice to drop her baby.
You're the chance of a beckoning crowd,
six hands gripping a sooty raincoat. You
are the only option. You're a simple drop.
Ten stories below they pray you're like a cloud,
soft floating. You are like a cloud. Grey
and you don't hold anything. You are
that moment before a falling, the falling,
a whir of falling, wail of falling, the sweet
thud. You are black blood flaring
across the concrete. You are a needle
to the groove of a very sad song.
The whole building burns with you.

Sandra Beasley

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RL

If you have a request for a certain Poet, post their name in the thread and I will find a poem by them and post it...

if you want to see some of my poetry, see the blog at:
http://www.myspace.com/retropaul

[miss_american_pie]

1. ...

:hi:

[RetroLounge]

2. Thanks for the poem suggestion

I searched the web for more of her poetry, and found some very nice stuff, but this one resonated the most...

:hi:

RL

[miss_american_pie]

3. You're welcome

I was just searching the Blackbird archives. Now I'm curious.

[RetroLounge]

4. She has a homepage and a blog

Some of her links to other poets are interesting too, more poetry I've not read.

Look for it in the coming days...

RL

[RetroLounge]

5. Where is everyone today?

:crickets chirping:

:shrug:

RL

[lizziegrace]

6. Here...

Just got home. Helluva day at sea sir. That hot tub looks even better after today. :(

[yvr girl]

7. Perhaps they're avoiding the crickets

That's a great poem.

:hi:

[RetroLounge]

8. or they are still in the hot tub...

:hi:

RL

[yvr girl]

9. Hot tub is the last place I want to be tonight

How about skinny dipping somewhere?

[RetroLounge]

10. Got the pool in the back yard, come on over...

Kids are sleeping.

RL

[yvr girl]

11. It's morning now

How about tonight? It's going to be even hotter.

[RetroLounge]

12. Deal...

RL

[wildhorses]

13. Holy Shit!!!!

reading that was like a bomb....god damn I thought they would catch that baby!!!