[lit-ideas] Re: Sunday Poem
- From: JimKandJulieB@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2005 05:12:07 EDT
I'm so glad I'm not the only one up at 4 in the morning on Sunday (doing
laundry and making coffee) -- where is everyone else??
And why, btw, is the internet the prime place for insomniacs? What did they
do before?
Your piece is gorgeous. It reminds me a little of Dillard and a little of
Sexton ...Rowing Toward God
Julie Krueger
finding peace only in poetry and music that shakes the walls these days
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7/3/05 3:13:14 A.M. Central Daylight Time From: _ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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I'd like to know what happened to the oak box that used to sit on the piano.
It smelled of church. This is because it was made of a beam which had
served as a straker in a naval sailing ship, and then was recycled to
support the roof of some small chapel, before being turned and made into a
vessel. I used to sniff it when I wanted to recall how English churches
smell. One quick whiff, I'd be wafted.
I met god once, you know. Surfing a kayak off the coast of Cornwall, I
started rides further out than the board guys and thundering through their
take-off point. Suddenly, there he was, walking on water, unavoidable. I
rolled to avoid him but BOOM, my boat hit his board, nose on, full force.
I paddled back, profuse in my apologies.
"Call me Charlie," he said. "I am the Lord thy... etc," the full paragraph.
He gave it plenty, floating gently, swelling like a hymn.
David Ritchie
Portland, Oregon
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