The RetroLounge Daily Poem Thread (Thu 4/16/2009)

[RetroLounge]

On the Porch, While You Were Out of Town

After I cupped the brown turtle in my palm
and lifted, thinking:
This is a pet worth keeping,
her starry iris, her stay-put shell,

she slipped,
her arms and legs moving in frantic backstroke

(you would say cold-blooded,
you would not say slipped).

She hit the patio steps, chipping her shell
at the rim, a shadowy piece
escaping beneath your deck chair.

I stooped to find it,
the dark chilling my hands as I waved
back and forth along the wood.
On both knees, I looked.
I tell you, I tried.

Maggie Glover

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Maggie Glover has recently moved back to her hometown of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She earned a BA from Denison University and an MFA from West Virginia University, where she was awarded the James Paul Brawner Poetry Award in 2007. Her poems have appeared in The Journal, Controlled Burn, 32 Poems, Pebble Lake Review and other journals.


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:hi:

RL

[blueraven95]

1. morning!

:hi:

[RetroLounge]

5. ...

:hi:

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[Chorophyll]

2. IBTL

Just kidding. I've never said "IBTL" before. :hi:

[RetroLounge]

6. ...

:rofl:

:hi:

RL

[Tuesday Afternoon]

3. ~

:( :donut: :hi:

[RetroLounge]

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[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. My dear Retro!

How acutely sad!

So vivid...

:(

[RetroLounge]

8. ...

:hi:

RL

[Xipe Totec]

9. Touching

It brought back memories of this post:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=3306967&mesg_id=3307634

[RetroLounge]

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:hi:

RL

[Lyric]

11. Woooo! Maggie!

Mine own beloved teacher and friend.

:hug:

:yourock:

[RetroLounge]

12. Yup!

And she's obviously a good teacher...

:hug:

RL

p.s. have you seen my notes I've been posting this month on FB?

[Lyric]

13. I've seen some of them.

Because of the overload of crises in my life in the past two weeks, I've just not had the time to write much beyond schoolwork. I'm going to go back and read all of yours, though!

:hug:

[RetroLounge]

14. You've had your plate full, that's for sure...

:hug:

RL