Thanks to everyone who is sticking around. Health to you all.
Thanks to everyone who is sticking around. Health to you all.
Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine...
Acrophobia
I climb 40 years
And look down:
My mother, supine,
Screams me out;
I learn to read
Books that scare me;
I ejaculate picturing
Vera's oasis eyes;
I read more
Books that scare me.
I work days, nights,
I fukc days, nights;
Then I'm here: alone.
It's not the distance to the ground
That pushes a heart up to the throat.
It isn't the height.
It is the horror of what might
Be done by this current self:
One you don't know too well,
And can't foresee what he would do
With such a lovely fall within his grasp.
Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine...
The power of what is in your hands. Well constructed and I like how climbing and chronology read so well.
I used to be a Feminist ©? But now I just shut up and take it
#197 you should climb down and look closer
Crete
Like sizzling eels
Taverna lights flicker
On dark, calm waters.
Gentle waves that know
How to behave at parties
Approach the man-made harbor
Gently, acting all calm and outgoing:
Like friendly looks, like flirting.
The moon detects the old town's shine
And spreads the clouds apart
To gaze at it, to study it.
"Well, I'll be damned," it croons,
"There's people laughing here, still!
Husbands and wives insist on walking
Hand-in-hand. Midnight humidity
Mocks poverty with its diamond droplets."
Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine...
Brings back memories. A fine poem, Doc.
Live and be well - H
Oh no, not again...
Long time, no see, Doc. #200 is an evocative word picture, an eloquent reference to the theme that nature can often soothe and compensate for the day-to-day troubles human suffer under artificial economic systems.
Hey, Hawk & Aunt, thanks for saying hi, and for your kind words.
I don't come in that often these days because I finally decided to give a novel a serious try. Unbelievable how much work it involves. I'm sticking with it, though, just so I can say I did it. Even if it never reaches any shelves.
Good health to all,
DH
Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine...
Hey Doc, thanks for this touching offering. I sip your English, so beautiful, with thirsty eyes! Thanks for sharing. Good luck with your novel! You'll do it!
Best to you,
Bar
Good luck with the novel. Hope it makes you as rich as this poem.
For those who believe,
no explanation is necessary.
For those who do not,
none will suffice.
Hey fogey,
this thread contains some of the best poetry ever put on this forum.
J
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