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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-22-08 06:35 AM
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The RetroLounge Daily Poem Thread (Tue 7/22/2008)
Blue Like That

She was a darling with her roses, though what I
like is lavender for I can dry it and
nothing is blue like that, so here I am,
in my arms a bouquet of tragic lavender,
the whole history of Southern France against my
chest, the fields stretching out, the armies
killing each other, horses falling, Frenchmen
dying by the thousands, though none for love.

Gerald Stern

**********************

:hi:

RL
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xchrom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-22-08 09:35 AM
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1. ...
She was a darling with her roses, though what I
like is lavender for I can dry it and
nothing is blue like that, so here I am,
in my arms a bouquet of tragic lavender,
the whole history of Southern France against my
chest, the fields stretching out, the armies
killing each other, horses falling, Frenchmen
dying by the thousands, though none for love.



what else could i do?
:shrug:
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-22-08 04:01 PM
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6. Hee
exacty that!

:hug:

RL
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-22-08 10:04 AM
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2. My dear Retro!
Oh, how lovely!

The progression here is just breathtaking...

I just adore the imagery!

Thank you, sweetie...


:hi:
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-22-08 04:02 PM
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7. Check out Gerald Stern.
I think you'd like him...

:hi:

RL
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kat_kringle Donating Member (494 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-22-08 10:16 AM
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3. brings brian ferry to mind
Edited on Tue Jul-22-08 10:17 AM by kat_kringle
and also, ' flanders field'



:cry:


**EDIT FOR DAMN LAZINESS**
**2ND EDIT FOR WRONG TITLE** oops! sorry for the caps!
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-22-08 04:02 PM
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8. Oh! Are you a brian ferry fan?
:loveya:

RL
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kat_kringle Donating Member (494 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-22-08 04:56 PM
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11. of course!
and brian eno , and brian weaver (From the cubby creatures, check them out , theyre from SFran), and of course, roxy music.


also, what is the deal with people that are named brian being so damn cool?

your name isn't brian, is it?

::toast: :bounce: :silly: :hi: :loveya:
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-22-08 09:47 PM
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12. No, my name is not brian
But you can call me brian if you wish...

:9

RL
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zingaro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-22-08 10:41 AM
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4. ooh
Lavender as a transcendent keystone. I like it. Very Lady of Shallott to me, for some reason.

:hi:
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-22-08 04:03 PM
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9. "nothing is blue like that"
:hi:

RL
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blueraven95 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-22-08 10:53 AM
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5. beautiful!
I like the imagery of war-torn France in the midst of beauty. It has interesting connotations.

:hi:
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-22-08 04:04 PM
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10. Hello!
Thanks for dropping in!

:hi:

RL
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