The RetroLounge Daily Poem Thread (SUNDAY 6/4/06)

[RetroLounge]

Last Night the Rain Spoke to Me

Last night
the rain
spoke to me
slowly, saying,
what joy
to come falling
out of the brisk cloud,
to be happy again
in a new way
on the earth!
That’s what it said
as it dropped,
smelling of iron,
and vanished
like a dream of the ocean
into the branches
and the grass below.
Then it was over.
The sky cleared.
I was standing
under a tree.
The tree was a tree
with happy leaves,
and I was myself,
and there were stars in the sky
that were also themselves
at the moment
at which moment
my right hand
was holding my left hand
which was holding the tree
which was filled with stars
and the soft rain –
imagine! imagine!
the long and wondrous journeys
still to be ours.

Mary Oliver

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RL

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[yvr girl]

1. That's beautiful imagery

:hug:

[RetroLounge]

4. ...

:hug:

RL

[miss_american_pie]

2. Happy leaves

I can't read that line without thinking of Bob Ross.

Do you know "Wild Geese?" It's my favorite of hers.

[RetroLounge]

3. I'll check it out...

When can I see some of your poems?

RL

[miss_american_pie]

5. You picked a bad day to ask

But I was at the bookstore this morning and got The Poet's Companion. ;)

[RetroLounge]

6. I will need to search it out this weekend

RL

[CaliforniaPeggy]

7. My dear RetroLounge!

What a lovely, and HAPPY poem this is!

She is very eloquent.....

"...the long and wondrous journeys
still to be ours."

I really like those lines, especially.....

For even though I am no longer young, I still have journeys to look forward to.....

And to dream about.....

And to make.....one fine day......

Thank you, as always, my dear.....

:loveya: :hug: