The BlueIris Semi-Nightly Poetry Break, 4/24/09

[BlueIris]

"The Earthquake"

Two people wakened suddenly by an earthquake
accuse each other: You pushed me out of bed!
The floor is cold, they're disgruntled, they start to laugh.
Back to bed. The little hills
just beginning to show dark along the horizon
fold their paws and shove off to sleep again
embracing privacy.

But what can I say for the one who sleeps alone
in a child's cot? Another dream?
She imagines she must have parachuted out of bed
to escape.
She accuses herself.
Stubbornly, in a mummy-roll of blankets,
she lies awake, explaining her usual day.

~Jane Cooper

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. My dear BlueIris!

Ha!

Pretty big earthquake to throw people out of bed!

The imagery is still good, though!

:hi:

[BlueIris]

2. The irony being the subtlety of this poem overall.

About the opposite of an earthquake, but it bowls you over just the same.

[BlueIris]

3. Kick.