The RetroLounge Daily Poem Thread (Wed 12/13/06)

[RetroLounge]

Crusoe

When you’ve been away from it long enough
You begin to forget the country
Of couples, with all its customs
And mysterious ways. Those two
Over there, for instance: late thirties,
Attractive and well-dressed, reading
At the table, drinking some complicated
Coffee drink. They haven’t spoken
Or even looked at each other in thirty minutes

But the big toe of her right foot, naked
In its sandal, sometimes grazes
The naked ankle bone of his left foot,

The faintest signal, a line thrown

Between two vessels as they cruise
Through this hour, this vacation, this life,
Through the thick novels they’re reading,
Her toe saying to his ankle,

Here’s to the whole improbable story
Of our meeting, of our life together
And the oceanic richness
Of our mingled narrative
With its complex past, with its hurts
And secret jokes, its dark closets
And delightful sexual quirks,
Its occasional doldrums, its vast
Future we have already peopled
With children. How safe we are

Compared to that man sitting across the room,
Marooned with his drink
And yellow notebook, trying to write
A way off his little island.

George Bilgere

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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

[billyskank]

1. I guess I'm the guy with the notebook

although I don't have a drink.

[RetroLounge]

2. same here...

:hi:

RL

[BlueIris]

3. Niiiice. That was perfect for my mood this morning.

Sigh.

[RetroLounge]

6. Yeah, it was a good find, fit my mood also

:hi:

RL

[Chorophyll]

4. Sigh.

Sometimes, when you're in the country of couples, all you really want is a chance to be Crusoe for a few days.

Ah, life. Ah, poetry.

Hi, RetroLounge!

:hi:

[RetroLounge]

5. ...

:hi:

How are you?

RL

[Chorophyll]

7. Not so bad, thanks!

I appreciate your poetry threads! Do you write any yourself?

[RetroLounge]

9. Some of them are here in a blog

http://blog.myspace.com/retropaul

:hi:

RL

[Chorophyll]

10. I remember that first one!! :)

I didn't realize you had written it. It's melancholy but... whoooooo. Beautiful. Thank you for the link. Keep writing!

[BarenakedLady]

8. Beautiful and yet sad

I don't know why...maybe because I can't relate to either atm. :shrug: