The RetroLounge Daily Poem Thread (Mon 6/11/2007)

[RetroLounge]

Let Evening Come

Let the light of late afternoon
shine through chinks in the barn, moving
up the bales as the sun moves down.

Let the cricket take up chafing
as a woman takes up her needles
and her yarn. Let evening come.

Let dew collect on the hoe abandoned
in long grass. Let the stars appear
and the moon disclose her silver horn.

Let the fox go back to its sandy den.
Let the wind die down. Let the shed
go black inside. Let evening come.

To the bottle in the ditch, to the scoop
in the oats, to air in the lung
let evening come.

Let it come, as it will, and don't
be afraid. God does not leave us
comfortless, so let evening come.

Jane Kenyon

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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

[xchrom]

1. i love poetry best when it

describes, explains, expounds, the most commonplace and inevitable events.

[RetroLounge]

13. Exactly.

A new way to look at the mundane...

:hi:

RL

[crispini]

2. Nice

Thank you!

[wildhorses]

3. nothing goes better with my coffee --

than your poetry thread.
i personally think it should be a daily addition to the front page.
thanks, rl

:donut:

:hi:

[RetroLounge]

9. How about I hand-deliver the coffee?

:hug:

RL

[LoveleeRita]

4. Very nice...

[RetroLounge]

6. Thank you

and welcome to DU!

:hi:

RL

[LoveleeRita]

7. Thanks...

Been out here for a while, just signed up when I found a place to share/post.

[RetroLounge]

8. Well, please come to this thread everyday...

The more posters in the poetry thread, the better.

and any suggestions are welcome...

:hi:

RL

[BarenakedLady]

5. Lovely

:thumbsup:

[RetroLounge]

10. Yeah, I can't believe I hadn't posted any Jane Kenyon yet...

It was a suggestion via you-know-who...

:hi:

RL

[CaliforniaPeggy]

11. Good morning, my dear Retro!

How beautiful, how very tranquil......

...God does not leave us
comfortless...

Perfect.

Thank you...:hug:

[RetroLounge]

12. I am counting on that being true...

:hug:

RL