The RetroLounge Daily Poem Thread (Sat 1/27/2007)

[RetroLounge]

Lost

Stand still. The trees ahead and bushes beside you
Are not lost. Wherever you are is called Here,
And you must treat it as a powerful stranger,
Must ask permission to know it and be known.
The forest breathes. Listen. It answers,
I have made this place around you.
If you leave it, you may come back again, saying Here.
No two trees are the same to Raven.
No two branches are the same to Wren.
If what a tree or a bush does is lost on you,
You are surely lost. Stand still. The forest knows
Where you are. You must let it find you.

David Wagoner

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RL

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[Chorophyll]

1. Ooooh!! n/t

[RetroLounge]

2. You Like?

:shrug:

:hi:

RL

[Chorophyll]

3. I like!

Just not very articulate today. :hi:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. Good morning, my dear Retro........

I like it too........I'm not sure why, though......

The images are so interesting, compelling, unlike anything I've ever thought about a forest......

Beautiful.......

I thank you.......:hug:

[wildhorses]

5. feels like american indian philosophy to me--

i like it...i think you have posted another poem by him--seems like:shrug:

anyway this one seems calming and soothing to me:hi:

[BlueIris]

6. Ah, I love David Wagoner.

Ever read, "Staying Alive"? THAT IS ONE OF THE BEST POEMS EVER.