The RetroLounge Daily Poem Thread (Sun 8/13/06)

[RetroLounge]

Stolen Moments

What happened, happened once. So now it’s best
in memory—an orange he sliced: the skin
unbroken, then the knife, the chilled wedge
lifted to my mouth, his mouth, the thin
membrane between us, the exquisite orange,
tongue, orange, my nakedness and his,
the way he pushed me up against the fridge—
Now I get to feel his hands again, the kiss
that didn’t last, but sent some neural twin
flashing wildly through the cortex. Love’s
merciless, the way it travels in
and keeps emitting light. Beside the stove
we ate an orange. And there were purple flowers
on the table. And we still had hours.

Kim Addonizio

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RL

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[wildhorses]

1. you post this...after a visit by M_A_P????

makes me wonder about the panda:evilgrin:

[RetroLounge]

3. Panda? What Panda?

:shrug:

RL

[wildhorses]

13. the one in your pics...

just teasing:silly:

[RetroLounge]

14. OMG! Where did that come from?

:rofl:

RL

[wildhorses]

15. you're asking me???

:rofl::pals:

[RetroLounge]

16. We have a Panda Infestation!

Must call exterminator...

:D

RL

[Callalily]

2. Very sensual poem RL

Ahem . . . it does talk to touch very important senses.

[idgiehkt]

4. seduction by assonance/consonance. I need a cigarette now, lol.

starts with soft 'i' words memory/skin/unbroken/chilled/lifted/thin/exquisite/his/fridge/again/kiss/twin

then the big guns, goes for the 'r' words, 'r' is supposed to be one of the prettiest sounds in the english language, the other is 'l';
orange/fridge/neural/cortex/merciless/purple/flowers/hours
and all but one are two syllables, which is even yummier. I love people who write this way. It's total seduction of the ear (really the brain, but it 'sounds' like the ear).

so yummy. thanks.

[RetroLounge]

10. "I need a cigarette now"

:rofl:

Yummy indeed...

:hi:

RL

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. My dear RetroLounge.......

How exquisite this is..........I can truly relate......

So now it’s best in memory—...


Since all I have now are memories......

Love’s
merciless, the way it travels in
and keeps emitting light...

I feel this truth........and its harshness as well........

Thank you

:hug:

[RetroLounge]

What happened, happened once

sigh...

:hug:

RL

[CaliforniaPeggy]

7. I hear you, baby........

Your sorrow speaks to mine.......

It did happen once, but never again........:hug:

[Duncan Grant]

8. I met Kim Addonizio at a reading about 3 years ago.

A friend of mine was reading with her over at Cody's in Berkeley.

Kim's captivating; I loved her 'narrative'. She read from her new (at the time) book, "What Is This Thing Called Love". There's a signed copy of it in my bookshelf. :)
:kick:

[RetroLounge]

9. I love that book!

Would love to see her read sometime...

RL

[SeattleGirl]

11. *sigh*

Wonderful, RL.

[RetroLounge]

12. Yes, she's become one of my favorites

RL