BlueIris
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Mon Dec-01-08 07:02 AM
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The BlueIris Semi-Nightly Poetry Break, 12/1/08 |
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Edited on Mon Dec-01-08 07:04 AM by BlueIris
"Your Name"
Years from now when I read your name I will feel the flowers of my body's memory unbend. They will remember more than your name. Though my eyes will see but a single word, whole gardens will be rising at the bidding of an inner sun unknown to me blooming from the letters of your name. And I will bask as a lily does after the snow.
—Anita T. Sullivan
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Mon Dec-01-08 09:39 AM
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I have a name like that. I keep it tucked away.
:donut: :hi:
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Mon Dec-01-08 06:01 PM
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Mon Dec-01-08 06:04 PM
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The line "feel the flowers of my body's memory unbend" just slays me.
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Mon Dec-01-08 06:14 PM
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4. I was so happy to find this one. |
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Mon Dec-01-08 06:17 PM
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I remember evenings, and smell wonderful meals. I remember walking, back when I could walk, and sometimes I remember dancing.
I remember the person who made the name real, and I remember who that person was, and I wonder who that person is.
And all of that is in this poem.
I think I might print this one out and keep it.
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Mon Dec-01-08 11:21 PM
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6. Awww. It is so nice to have ThomCat's insightful presence in the poem threads again. |
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:-)
By the way, if you ever need me to find any of the poems in the poem threads fer ya, you should let me know. (Just in case there's a specific one you want to look at.)
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