The RetroLounge Daily Poem Thread (Tue 9/30/2008)

[RetroLounge]

This is the final poem in Stuart's Evening Series...

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Evening VII

Whose doorbell did I press, what chime
Played out the notes of another house
I entered what should not be long ago but is,
Whose voice through the woodwork asked
Who’s there, what did those tones suggest,
The plush rug, my mirrored face in the hall,
A cooking aroma still unresolved, hanging
In the air like a sweet cloud, a little
Vacant now but palpable as hands remembering
Hands, as hands extending into the air?

That skin felt real, can still be held
The way what remains in time gets held
A fixed embrace, naked as the one
Beneath the wrappings of husband and wife
Fitted together in their double sarcophagus,
Sailing on a pallet through the royal night
Down the fabled river, where the owls
Break in standing timber, and what remains
Of a soul gets haunted by flesh, their
Continuous movement disguised as rest.

Houses of the past, that living room
Spawned fancies and migrations, the great
Passage of the day, the twilit century
Undraped, seen through the picture window,
The sun, a scribe, accountable and true
To the spirits of our evenings and avenues.

The sea is far from home now. The sea is
Somewhere I can get through this door and out
another, through the yards and trees and over
the wall, if she were there to let me in.

Stuart Dischell

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Read Evening here:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x8119106

Read Evening II here:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x8121789

Read Evening III here:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x8124447

Read Evening IV here:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x8126549

Read Evening V here:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x8128948

Read Evening VI here:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x8130737

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:hi:

RL

[Chorophyll]

1. Lots to mull over here.

Thank you for posting this series. :hi:

[RetroLounge]

6. You are most welcome...

thanks for Replying to them.

:hi:

RL

[blueraven95]

2. ...

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[RetroLounge]

7. ...

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RL

[Tuesday Afternoon]

3. beautiful...has that timeless quality.

"The sun, a scribe, accountable and true
To the spirits of our evenings and avenues."

wonderful series! thanks :) :donut:

[RetroLounge]

10. ...

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RL

[BlueIris]

4. Yowsa! This is the best one yet. "(P)alpable as hands remembering/Hands..."

Niiiiiiice.

[RetroLounge]

11. hey!

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RL

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. My dear Retro...

I am sad to see these end...

It's like a journey that I never wanted to stop being on...

Thank you for them.

:hug:

[RetroLounge]

12. ...

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RL

[Gonzo Gardener]

8. Lovely series

Thank you, Retro!

:hi:

[RetroLounge]

9. Thanks

Got your PM, I'll replay as soon as I can...

:hi:

RL