The BlueIris Semi-Nightly Poetry Break, 12/1/08

[BlueIris]

"Your Name"

Years from now
when I read your name
I will feel the flowers of my body's memory
unbend. They will remember
more than your name.
Though my eyes will see but a single word,
whole gardens will be rising at the bidding
of an inner sun unknown to me
blooming from the letters
of your name.
And I will bask as a lily does
after the snow.

—Anita T. Sullivan

[Tuesday Afternoon]

1. yeah...

I have a name like that.
I keep it tucked away.

:donut: :hi:

[BlueIris]

2. Hey, Tuesday.

:-)

[mokawanis]

3. Beautiful

The line "feel the flowers of my body's memory unbend" just slays me.

[BlueIris]

4. I was so happy to find this one.

It's purty.

[ThomCat]

5. When I see names

I remember evenings, and smell wonderful meals. I remember walking, back when I could walk, and sometimes I remember dancing.

I remember the person who made the name real, and I remember who that person was, and I wonder who that person is.

And all of that is in this poem.

I think I might print this one out and keep it.

[BlueIris]

6. Awww. It is so nice to have ThomCat's insightful presence in the poem threads again.

:-)

By the way, if you ever need me to find any of the poems in the poem threads fer ya, you should let me know. (Just in case there's a specific one you want to look at.)

[BlueIris]

7. Kick.