The RetroLounge Daily Poem Thread (Sun 3/5/06)

[RetroLounge]

The Invitation

I have opened the doors
near the garden.
Why don't you come into
the unfolding
of Japanese fans?
The peacocks are strolling
among the lobelia
for no one but you
in this place where
the impossible
is shaking
its bright turquoise feathers.
I have turned
off the radio,
washed purple and green grapes
for the pedestal table,
filled frosted goblets
with fresh well water.
Afterwards the bed,
its turned down silk.
What you have left behind
will forget you
soon enough.

Patricia Fargnoli

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http://www.poems.com/dutiefar.htm

Patricia Fargnoli, a native of Connecticut, currently lives in New Hampshire. A retired psychotherapist, she holds a B.A. in psychology from Trinity College, a Master's in Social Work from the University of Connecticut and an honorary B.F.A. from the New Hampshire Institute of Art. Her first book of poems, Necessary Light (Utah State University Press, 1999), won the 1999 May Swenson Award. Her second book, Small Songs of Pain, was published by Pecan Grove Press, 2003, and a chapbook, Lives of Others, came out in 2000 from Oyster River Press.

The recipient of a Macdowell fellowship, she publishes poems in Poetry, Ploughshares, Mid-American Review, Prairie Schooner, and Nimrod, among others.

Currently she teaches poetry privately and in the Lifelong Learning Program of Keene State College.

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RL

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[yvr girl]

1. Well then, peel me a grape

:hi:

[RetroLounge]

9. Green or Purple

:shrug:

RL

[bigwillq]

2. That's a good one.

:hi:

[WritingIsMyReligion]

3. Oooh.....Grapes....

:D :D

Very nice.

:hi:

On Edit: I checked out some of your poetry on the myspace blog...I don't have a myspace myself, so I can't comment there, but I liked what I read very much.... "Rickenbacker" and "I Never Imagined the End of Us" were especially good.

:thumbsup:

[RetroLounge]

10. Glad you liked them!

:hi:

RL

[miss_american_pie]

4. Oh that's good

What you have left behind
will forget you
soon enough.


:hi:

[RetroLounge]

11. ...

:hi:

RL

[Droopy]

5. Beautiful!

Man, I wish I could write like that. I've written some poems but they are for the most part crap. I wanted to be a writer at one time and I even tried to get my degree in English, but I will never be cut out for that.

[xchrom]

6. grrr -- retro -- it's gloomy, windy threatens to be stormy again!

stormy is good -- but it is sooo easy a thing to over state!

[Callalily]

7. I would love

to hide in that garden for a while, take refuge, albeit only for a while.

[RetroLounge]

12. Yes, it sounds good...

:hi:

RL

[CaliforniaPeggy]

8. My dear RetroLounge....

How lovely this is! As always.......

One thing these poets seem to all share...the ability to sharply depict an image that imprints itself on your retina.

Beautiful......thank you

:loveya: :hug:

[RetroLounge]

13. You are welcome

:hi:

RL

[djeseru]

14. What gorgeous imagery.

You could almost see the iridescence in the words.

Thank you for another good one! :hi:

[RetroLounge]

15. Glad you like it!

It was a nice "accidental" find...

RL