The RetroLounge Daily Poem Thread (Sun 1/4/2009)

[RetroLounge]

Briefly It Enters, and Briefly Speaks

I am the blossom pressed in a book,
found again after two hundred years. . . .

I am the maker, the lover, and the keeper. . . .

When the young girl who starves
sits down to a table
she will sit beside me. . . .

I am food on the prisoner's plate. . . .

I am water rushing to the wellhead,
filling the pitcher until it spills. . . .

I am the patient gardener
of the dry and weedy garden. . . .

I am the stone step,
the latch, and the working hinge. . . .

I am the heart contracted by joy. . .
the longest hair, white
before the rest. . . .

I am there in the basket of fruit
presented to the widow. . . .

I am the musk rose opening
unattended, the fern on the boggy summit. . . .

I am the one whose love
overcomes you, already with you
when you think to call my name. . . .

Jane Kenyon

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[YankeyMCC]

1. Very nice, thanks nt

[RetroLounge]

3. Good Morning

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[blueraven95]

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4. Hello!

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[Kajsa]

5. Very nice images, Retro.

Lots of hope and promise here.

Thanks so much.

:) :hi: :pals:

[RetroLounge]

6. You are welcome!

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[CaliforniaPeggy]

7. My dear Retro...

Beautiful, lyrical, right to the core...

Thank you!

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[Dystopian]

9. Thank you, Retro

I had to read it thrice....and was misty. So very beautiful...
Just read it again...it's a keeper.
And again...I'd better post now...

peace~

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