[lit-ideas] Re: Thursday poem that will stand for Sunday's
- From: david ritchie <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 21:15:31 -0800
God I love chocolate, peace and the swishing sounds of words.
I swirl them all with my glass of Abbot's Table
and bits of an apple.
I read of Winslow Homer's ability
to do so much with backs
and an eye,
crowded by shadow or form.
"Backs and hats and space and sails," says Mr. Gopnik,
"do all the talking."
I see what he means,
but I mostly I hear the most wonderful thing,
an absence,
a big swell of no sound,
the sea of silence.
Of course there are three cats, a dog, a heater, the rain,
but now no talk at all,
no questions, no duties, no pleasing
anyone but me.
Everyone out at "Tosca," or dance,
leaves me not a drop
of loneliness.
Barring the unforseen, they'll all return,
proving a house divided can stand
still.
I suck up the comfort,
lean into bliss,
hang
ten
with my Homer.
David Ritchie
Portland, Oregon
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