The RetroLounge Daily Poem Thread (Fri 4/11/2008)

[RetroLounge]

In The Middle

of a life that's as complicated as everyone else's,
struggling for balance, juggling time.
The mantle clock that was my grandfather's
has stopped at 9:20; we haven't had time
to get it repaired. The brass pendulum is still,
the chimes don't ring. One day I look out the window,
green summer, the next, the leaves have already fallen,
and a grey sky lowers the horizon. Our children almost grown,
our parents gone, it happened so fast. Each day, we must learn
again how to love, between morning's quick coffee
and evening's slow return. Steam from a pot of soup rises,
mixing with the yeasty smell of baking bread. Our bodies
twine, and the big black dog pushes his great head between;
his tail, a metronome, 3/4 time. We'll never get there,
Time is always ahead of us, running down the beach, urging
us on faster, faster, but sometimes we take off our watches,
sometimes we lie in the hammock, caught between the mesh
of rope and the net of stars, suspended, tangled up
in love, running out of time.

Barbara Crooker

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:hi:

RL

[Callalily]

1. Indeed, sometimes life gets

in the way of living.

:hi:

[RetroLounge]

6. Indeed it does...

:hi:

RL

[xchrom]

2. ...

Time is always ahead of us, running down the beach, urging
us on faster, faster, but sometimes we take off our watches,
sometimes we lie in the hammock, caught between the mesh
of rope and the net of stars, suspended, tangled up
in love, running out of time.

[RetroLounge]

7. Hello my friend...

:hi:

RL

[lizziegrace]

3. ...

good choice.

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[RetroLounge]

:hug:

RL

[NMDemDist2]

4. yay!! you survived yesterday

lots of us were thinking of you lots and sending vibage to get you through

:hug:

[RetroLounge]

9. thank you

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RL

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. My dear Retro...

This is just beautiful!

I love the breathless way the words plunge along...

Thank you!

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[RetroLounge]

11. "the breathless way the words plunge along"

a line of poetry right there. Write it in your notebook...

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RL

[CaliforniaPeggy]

13. Writing it down as we speak!

Thanks for your encouragement...

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[BlueIris]

10. Awww. nt

[RetroLounge]

12. You like?

:hi:

RL