The RetroLounge Daily Poem Thread (Sun 4/19/2009)

[RetroLounge]

Sunday Morning

Since I've stopped praying
I've got so much more done:
the fridge is cleaner, I read more fiction,
the telephone is less often off the hook.
Since I've done away with God
I've done the bathroom up
and tried a dozen different recipes.

Since I've stopped considering the nature
of the soul, the infinite, all that,
I've found the joy of gardening,
I garden without concern
for the intricate glory of the Hollyhock.
The news is always on, the multitudes
keep dying, and what's one less prayer
circling the stratosphere?

He'll find me, if he chooses,
hell lift me like a woolly two-year-old,
secure me to the fold. Meanwhile
I'm eating chocolates in bed,
the words of the psalms dissolving like an old dream,
I'm right here with a magazine,
—Shock New Pictures, All Your TV Favorites—
the church bells making a distant din,
the duvet warm and comforting,
the tumble dryer just spinning, and spinning.

Kathryn Simmonds

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:hi:

RL

[Sky Masterson]

1. That is exactly how I feel about religion and belief in a higher power.

If a god exist then he needs to show me a little proof.
Until then. I refuse to believe in unicorns and magic.

[RetroLounge]

2. Yup...

:hi:

RL

[BlueIris]

3. I think I love this poet. This is one I will save. nt

[RetroLounge]

4. Her book looks interesting

http://www.amazon.com/Sunday-Launderette-Poetry-Society-Recommendation/dp/1854114611/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1240151855&sr=8-1

:hi:

RL

[Chorophyll]

5. ...

:hi:

[RetroLounge]

6. Good Morning

:hi:

RL

[Tuesday Afternoon]

7. The last line

:donut: :hi:

[RetroLounge]

9. just spinning, and spinning.

:hi:

RL

[Tuesday Afternoon]

11. Has there been any words from the Poet on this one?

:shrug:

Should I Google myself, or can you point me in the right direction?

[RetroLounge]

12. I would google, I know nothing about her...

Kathryn Simmonds lives in north London and works as an editor. She won the 2006 Poetry London Competition and her pamphlet, Snug, is published by Smith/Doorstop. Sunday At The Skin Launderette is a Poetry Book Society Recommendation and was published by Seren in 2008. An Eric Gregory winner in 2002, she is a graduate from the MA in Creative Writing at UEA.

:hi:

RL

[CaliforniaPeggy]

8. My dear Retro!

Ooh, wonderful!

Life without God, and that dryer!

So clear, so beautiful...

Thank you!

:hi:

[RetroLounge]

10. ...

:hi:

RL