The RetroLounge Daily Poem Thread (Wed 5/28/2008)

[RetroLounge]

Studebaker

Try a small black radio from any year
and listen to the voices you get, they were
much faster then, they raced ahead of us
and rushed the music; love was in a rocking chair,
the floor was crooked, the moon was already in
the sky, though it was daylight still; or love
was in a Studebaker, we were driving east
and we had no idea how long the corporation
would last, or if there was a corporation, how could we?
And did it have its headquarters in Delaware
for taxes and connections, though the doors
were heavy and solid, what was the year? '55?
The Lark appeared in 1958 or
'59—it was their last attempt,
though I remember the Wagoneer, it was 19-
66 and something called the Cruiser, we had
Nat King Cole on the radio though static
was bad in Pennsylvania, given the mountains,
and there was a lever you pushed to make a bed—
I hope I'm getting it right—the leaves on the windshield
were large and wet, the song was Unforgettable,
the tree was either a swamp maple or a sycamore.

Gerald Stern


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:hi:

RL

[xchrom]

1. ...

and there was a lever you pushed to make a bed—
I hope I'm getting it right—the leaves on the windshield
were large and wet, the song was Unforgettable,
the tree was either a swamp maple or a sycamore.


my all time fav place to fool around is in a car -- the smell -- the rush -- everything --
so i naturally kinda dig this poem.

[lizziegrace]

2. ...

good morning! :hug:
















(You had to tell him you like fooling around in a car, especially an old one...)

[xchrom]

3. mornin love!

:hug:


can't ever tell when you might find yourself at a drive in -- or a stop light.

[lizziegrace]

4. Hehe...

You're trouble...

:evilgrin:

[xchrom]

5. god i hope so...

:evilgrin:

[lizziegrace]

6. ...

we all hope someone considers us trouble... :evilgrin:

[xchrom]

7. ...

I guess I shoulda known
By the way u parked your car sideways
That it wouldnt last
See youre the kinda person
That believes in makin out once
Love em and leave em fast
I guess I must be dumb
cuz u had a pocket full of horses
Trojan and some of them used
But it was saturday night
I guess that makes it all right
And u say what have I got 2 lose?
And honey I say
Little red corvette
Baby youre much 2 fast
Little red corvette
U need a love thats gonna last
I guess I shoulda closed my eyes
When u drove me 2 the place
Where your horses run free
cuz I felt a little ill
When I saw all the pictures
Of the jockeys that were there before me
Believe it or not
I started to worry
I wondered if I had enough class
But it was saturday night
I guess that makes it all right
And u say, baby, have u got enough gas?
Oh yeah
Little red corvette
Baby youre much 2 fast, yes u r
Little red corvette
U need 2 find a love thats gonna last
A body like yours (a body like yours)
Oughta be in jail (oughta be in jail)
cuz its on the verge of bein obscene
(cuz its on the verge of bein obscene)
Move over baby (move over baby)
Gimme the keys (gimme the keys)
Im gonna try 2 tame your little red love machine
(Im gonna try 2 tame your little red love machine)
Little red corvette
Baby youre much 2 fast
Little red corvette
U need 2 find a love thats gonna last
Little red corvette
Honey u got 2 slow down (got 2 slow down)
Little red corvette
cuz if u dont u gonna run your
Little red corvette right in the ground
(little red corvette)
Right down 2 the ground (honey u got 2 slow down)
U, u, u got 2 slow down (little red corvette)
Youre movin much 2 fast (2 fast)
U need 2 find a love thats gonna last
Girl, u got an ass like I never seen
And the ride...
I say the ride is so smooth
U must be a limousine
Baby youre much 2 fast
Little red corvette
U need a love, u need a love thats
Thats gonna last
(little red corvette)
U got 2 slow down (u got 2 slow down)
Little red corvette
cuz if u dont, cuz if u dont,
U gonna run your body right into the ground (right into the ground)
Right into the ground (right into the ground)
Right into the ground (right into the ground)
Little red corvette
Prince

[RetroLounge]

13. Will you two get a room already!

:hi:

RL

[hisownpetard]

8. Gerald Stern- one of the nicest men you could ever hope to meet. First time

I met him, a friend told him that I had just come out of a coma as a result of meningitis.
His eyes teared up, and he hugged me - a great bear hug. Said his little sister died from that
when she was 9 y/o.

Besides being a legendary poet, he has a heart the size of Texas. A national treasure.:hi:

[lizziegrace]

9. ...

:hug:

:)

[hisownpetard]

12. You dotted me?

[lizziegrace]

16. of course I dotted you

:hug:


:)

[hisownpetard]

17. So, then, I consider it official that we're dotting?

[lizziegrace]

18. Yep

:rofl:


You're too much. :)

[RetroLounge]

19. You two get a room also...

sheesh...

:rofl:

RL

[RetroLounge]

10. Hey you!

:hi:

RL

[hisownpetard]

11. Just dropping by to check out the poetry aisle!

:headbang:

[BlueIris]

14. Nice. It suits my mood. nt

[RetroLounge]

15. ...

:hi:

RL