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Tue Dec-20-05 08:30 AM
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The RetroLounge Daily Poem Thread (Tue 12/20/05) |
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After Years
Today, from a distance, I saw you walking away, and without a sound the glittering face of a glacier slid into the sea. An ancient oak fell in the Cumberlands, holding only a handful of leaves, and an old woman scattering corn to her chickens looked up for an instant. At the other side of the galaxy, a star thirty-five times the size of our own sun exploded and vanished, leaving a small green spot on the astronomer's retina as he stood on the great open dome of my heart with no one to tell.
Ted Kooser
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Tue Dec-20-05 08:32 AM
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1. sort of put things in perspective |
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Edited on Tue Dec-20-05 08:32 AM by wildhorses
keeps me from getting the BIG head...another awesome poem....day after day
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Tue Dec-20-05 09:57 AM
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Tue Dec-20-05 09:19 AM
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2. Your selection is truly |
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making me cry, "Today, from a distance, I saw you walking away," "as he stood on the great open dome of my heart with no one to tell." as I believe I have lost a friendship last night. My heart is truly sad today.:cry: Mr. Kooser is clearly a master of metaphors.
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Tue Dec-20-05 09:30 AM
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3. Sorry for your loss... |
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Hope this helps a bit.
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Tue Dec-20-05 09:42 AM
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it's going to be a tough day, but as they say, "life goes on".
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Tue Dec-20-05 09:52 AM
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immediate, vast, and personal
perfectly distilled
thanks, RL.
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Tue Dec-20-05 09:56 AM
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6. Hey! Good morning my friend! |
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How are you doing today?
:hi:
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Tue Dec-20-05 10:41 AM
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I'm doing all right today. I haven't been in trouble at work and I'll have Friday and Monday off!
And I saw your ankle! :rofl: So it's a damn freakin' good day! :hi:
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Tue Dec-20-05 10:45 AM
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15. Glad you liked my ankle! |
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Like a slow strip tease... Wait till you see my calf!
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:hi:
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Tue Dec-20-05 09:58 AM
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"we'll always have Oostberg." I'm missing you already. :(
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Tue Dec-20-05 10:01 AM
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9. We'll always have Paris |
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Tue Dec-20-05 10:03 AM
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10. Thank you for letting me down oh, so gently. |
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It's making me feel not so bad about missing you. :P
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Tue Dec-20-05 10:04 AM
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11. Hey, here I am, always here for you! |
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Tue Dec-20-05 10:20 AM
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12. You think throwing your body at me is going to work? |
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Congratulations! You're right! :loveya: (but you know, I love the "praying" photo best.)
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Tue Dec-20-05 10:43 AM
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14. If you didn't want it , sister, |
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there are others waiting in the wings. }(
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Tue Dec-20-05 10:47 AM
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16. Not praying, but thinking of you... |
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Edited on Tue Dec-20-05 10:51 AM by RetroLounge
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Tue Dec-20-05 10:49 AM
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17. This must be some kind of bad karma... |
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because all I'm getting is a red X. :cry:
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Tue Dec-20-05 11:13 AM
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Tue Dec-20-05 01:12 PM
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:kick:
back to the poem (I threadjacked my own thread...)
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Tue Dec-20-05 01:34 PM
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20. WOW....RetroLounge..... |
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This is perfect for where I am right now.....
Superb imagery....thank you so much......
This poem just slides together perfectly......perfectly!
:loveya: :hug:
Check your PM.....in a moment
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Tue Dec-20-05 06:30 PM
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21. Yes, it was a good find |
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I will need to read more of his...
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Tue Dec-20-05 07:11 PM
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Tue Dec-20-05 07:13 PM
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23. I like this daily poem thread! |
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Nice job, RL! :hi: :bounce:
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