The RetroLounge Daily Poem Thread (Wed 1/31/2007)

[RetroLounge]

Implosions

The world's
not wanton
only wild and wavering

I wanted to choose words that even you
would have to be changed by

Take the word
of my pulse, loving and ordinary
Send out your signals, hoist
your dark scribbled flags
but take
my hand

All wars are useless to the dead

My hands are knotted in the rope
and I cannot sound the bell

My hands are frozen to the switch
and I cannot throw it

The foot is in the wheel

When it's finished and we're lying
in a stubble of blistered flowers
eyes gaping, mouths staring
dusted with crushed arterial blues

I'll have done nothing
even for you?

Adrienne Rich

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RL

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[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. My dear Retro!

Wow, another cryptic poem......

I missed seeing yours yesterday, and I was bound and determined not to miss it today!

So, here you are on page 2! And I'm the first responder........

So, I really don't get this one......

But that doesn't keep me from enjoying the play of the words, the way they feel as I say them out loud.....

I especially enjoyed this little phrase.......As a poet myself, it speaks to me ...

...I wanted to choose words that even you
would have to be changed by...


We always want our words to change our readers, don't we? Why else would we write?

Of course, there are many reasons to write.......

But when I write a poem for a specific person, then I want to effect change in that person.....

And I'm sure you get me, don't you?

I'll bet you've done it too.......

Thank you......:hug:

[RetroLounge]

2. thanks for replying...

I was afraid this one would sink and disappear...

:hug:

RL