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Thu Mar-20-08 07:25 AM
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The RetroLounge Daily Poem Thread (Thu 3/20/2008) |
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San Antonio
Tonight I lingered over your name, the delicate assembly of vowels a voice inside my head. You were sleeping when I arrived. I stood by your bed and watched the sheets rise gently. I knew what slant of light would make you turn over. It was then I felt the highways slide out of my hands. I remembered the old men in the west side café, dealing dominoes like magical charms. It was then I knew, like a woman looking backward, I could not leave you, or find anyone I loved more.
Naomi Shihab Nye
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Thu Mar-20-08 07:26 AM
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Thu Mar-20-08 07:16 PM
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Thu Mar-20-08 09:16 AM
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You were sleeping when I arrived. I stood by your bed and watched the sheets rise gently.
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Thu Mar-20-08 11:12 AM
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How lovely, how lyrical...
Thank you...
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Thu Mar-20-08 12:38 PM
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4. Wonderful poem and poet. Thanks, RL! |
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Thu Mar-20-08 05:49 PM
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it came to my inbox from miss_american_pie...
I love getting poem suggestions
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