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Mon Feb-25-08 07:51 AM
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The RetroLounge Daily Poem Thread (Mon 2/25/2008) |
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In Another Year of Fewer Disappointments
The minor angel mops his brow and laughs his miraculous laugh, ringing with sorrow. His face—if this is his face—this mask of wrecked grace says, Sit with me. Come sit with me for a while. Ah, to be as wise as he is—
but we can't know what suffering will cost us. It could cost the very self that longed for it, that winked at its specter, lurking, blueing the sky. In the wake of its coming, the small boat of our souls— where we imagined we'd ride out the gale in high style—has splintered and sunk, one gunwale washed onto the beach for the jittery, pea-brained seagulls to perch on and spatter. What does that matter, the angel asks. One rib made the world once.
Eliza Griswold
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Mon Feb-25-08 08:56 AM
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don't you have any HAPPY poems???
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Mon Feb-25-08 08:58 AM
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Mon Feb-25-08 09:04 AM
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I need an IRA? naw...
the small boat of our souls— where we imagined we'd ride out the gale in high style—has splintered and sunk
I think I'll just get old instead and start over many times.
*scratches head*
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Mon Feb-25-08 11:39 AM
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Oh, boy...
How evocative this is...
I love these lines:
...but we can't know what suffering will cost us. It could cost the very self that longed for it, that winked at its specter, lurking, blueing the sky...
I wish I had the discipline to write this well!
Thank you...
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Mon Feb-25-08 04:08 PM
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6. one rib made the world once |
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