The RetroLounge Daily Poem Thread (Thu 1/25/2007)

[RetroLounge]

Three Houses, Three Dogs

My father came each night
to tuck me in, creaking down
our hall in work boots
he always wore, laces undone,
the stale mix of Schaefer's
and Pall Malls waking me
into the darkness he lived in,
my mother in bed,
my sister out, him whistling
for hours to Jim Reeves
or listening to news radio.
Years passed like that,
grammar and middle school,
three houses, three dogs
him rising each five A.M.
to wire boats at the Navy Yard,
never telling me what
he thought about those nights
before he tousled my hair
with root-thick fingers
and leaned down to kiss my cheek.

Daniel Donaghy

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RL

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[Chorophyll]

1. Reminds me of Theodore Roethke's

"My Papa's Waltz," only quieter and more melancholy. Very nice.

[RetroLounge]

5. Good description...

RL

[ThomCat]

2. I like this guy's style.

There's something here I hope runs through his other poetry too.

[BarenakedLady]

3. Sweet...

:hi:

[wildhorses]

4. a graceful portriat of a working man

very nice:hi:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. My dear Retro.........

Ah, this is nice......

Who says poetry has to be all moonlight, lace, roses and romance?

Here we have a great description of a father's love for his son....

Expressed with rough masculinity...

Thank you...... :hug: