Just enjoy it all, I guess. Hey, you got a review! That's a great step forward, right?
And readers always bring their own possibilities to the poem....
Doug
On 2011-03-09, at 2:12 AM, andrew burke wrote:
> Reading aloud
> to my wife
> a delightfully academic
>
> description of
> my eco-conscious intent
> in a simple poem,
>
> we laugh
> like a tree full
> of kookaburras.
>
> ---------------------
>
> Have you had this too? The poem was a cut out from a journal entry about
> hanging out my washing when I lived in a flat. It was sprinkling that day,
> but I knew the little shower wouldn't last, so it was a good idea to grab
> the communal clothesline when it was empty. Some other flat residents passed
> me and looked quizzical. In the poem I noted they were going to an air
> conditioned cinema in an air conditioned car, whereas I was enjoying light
> rain and would no doubt trail lawn clippings into my laundry (a domestic
> trivialised version of a great Greek poem about bringing the outdoors inside
> and making love wildly in nature) ... The review made a lot out of my
> intentions, giving the poem much more weight than it really deserved. I'm
> not complaining - just laughing.
>
> --
>
> Andrew
> http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
> 'Mother Waits for Father Late' republished available at
> http://www.picaropress.com/
> http://www.qlrs.com/poem.asp?id=766
> http://frankshome.org/AndrewBurke.html
>
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Just a late night pilgrim
Looking for redemption in the underground.
Lord, won't you help a late night pilgrim
When the morning comes around.
Tift Merritt
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