The RetroLounge Daily Poem Thread (Sat 3/1/2008)

[RetroLounge]

The Rain-Streaked Avenues of Central Queens

It ends badly, this glass of wine,
before you drink it
you have to drink a prior glass,
before you sip you gulp,
before you chug the bottle
you pour it down your throat,
before we lie together
naked, we divorce, before we rest
we grow old, it ends in chaos,
      but it is delicious,
when we wake it is the past,
we are the faces staring
from the high lit window,
the unmet lovers, the rivals
who do not exist,
united in a radiance
that will not fade at dawn.

D. Nurske

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Dennis Nurkse (Poetry; published as D. Nurkse) is the author of eight books of poetry, including Burnt Island and The Fall (Knopf, 2005 and 2002). He received the Whiting Writers Award, two NEA fellowships, two NYFA fellowships, two awards from Poetry (Chicago), and a Tanne Foundation grant. Dennis' work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, Poetry, The American Poetry Review, The Kenyon Review, The Times Literary Supplement (London), Ploughshares, The Paris Review, and the Best American Poetry series. He has taught advanced workshops at The Writer's Voice, The New School, and the Brooklyn College MFA Program. He teaches at Sarah Lawrence.

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:hi:

RL

[hisownpetard]

1. Interesting shake-up of chronology. (He teaches at my alma mater, SLC).

A good poem on a rainy Sat. morning - good for the soul.
Thanks, RL!

[RetroLounge]

4. It helps to read this one out loud too...

Of course, I think all poetry should be read out loud...

:hi:

RL

[xchrom]

2. ...

you pour it down your throat,
before we lie together
naked,

hmmmmm....

[RetroLounge]

3. Hmmmmm

it ends in chaos,
but it is delicious

RL

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. My dear Retro...

Mmmmm....yummy!

I love how this rolls off my tongue...

...united in a radiance
that will not fade at dawn.

How beautiful...

Thank you...



:hug:

[RetroLounge]

7. You're welcome

:hi:

RL

[BlueIris]

6. Niiiiice.