The RetroLounge Daily Poem Thread (Thu 12/22/05)

[RetroLounge]

A Birthday Poem

Just past dawn, the sun stands
with its heavy red head
in a black stanchion of trees,
waiting for someone to come
with his bucket
for the foamy white light,
and then a long day in the pasture.
I too spend my days grazing,
feasting on every green moment
till darkness calls,
and with the others
I walk away into the night,
swinging the little tin bell
of my name.

Ted Kooser

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RL

[wildhorses]

1. paints a pastoral scene for me....peaceful and serene

kind of like looking out my window....thanks for this...already I am calming down from a BAD shift in the ER....and other various funky stuff that is happening in my life right now

[Callalily]

2. How lovely RL . . .

makes me hunger for the peace of the woods.

[swimboy]

3. Thanks, RL.

I wish you many, many green moments on which to feast. :thumbsup:

[RevCheesehead]

4. Ha!

It should have been called "Ode to a Salvation Army Santa."

You can't fool me, baby.
Red head = redhead
pasture = pastor

I adore you. :loveya:

[RetroLounge]

5. ...and then a long day in the pastor?

hmmm. Now there's a good line of poetry!

:rofl:

:loveya:

RL

[swimboy]

7. not to mention the business of the bucket

wouldn't do to mention that

[RetroLounge]

8. Yes, wouldn't do at all

A busket full of foamy WHAT????

:rofl:

RL

[RevCheesehead]

11. That's too easy.

A bucket full of Retro. :woohoo:
:loveya:

Hey, I've been meaning to post this sweet thang:

[RetroLounge]

14. OMG!

Who is that old guy?

:rofl:

RL

[RevCheesehead]

10. My mind went there, too.

I was being coy. ;)

[RevCheesehead]

12. I prefer nights for that.

Your eyes smolder in the night... :loveya:

But I'll take whatever I can. :*

[RetroLounge]

15. "Your eyes smolder in the night"

Nah, that's just from lack of sleep...

:hug:

RL

[RevCheesehead]

16. I prefer to call that

"nocturnal activity." ;)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. What a beautiful and serene image this is...

We can all use some of this now, can't we?

Thank you, my dear RetroLounge.....


:loveya: :hug:

[RetroLounge]

9. Good morning Peggy!

How are you doing?

:hug:

RL

[CaliforniaPeggy]

13. Thank you for asking, my dear RetroLounge....

Better today than yesterday.....

I'll PM you in a few.......

:hug: