The RetroLounge Daily Poem Thread (Fri 12/19/2008)

[RetroLounge]

In Response to a Rumor That the Oldest Whorehouse
in Wheeling, West Virginia, Has Been Condemned

I will grieve alone,
As I strolled alone, years ago, down along
The Ohio shore.
I hid in the hobo jungle weeds
Upstream from the sewer main,
Pondering, gazing.

I saw, down river,
At Twenty-third and Water Streets
By the vinegar works,
The doors open in early evening.
Swinging their purses, the women
Poured down the long street to the river
And into the river.

I do not know how it was
They could drown every evening.
What time near dawn did they climb up the other shore,
Drying their wings?

For the river at Wheeling, West Virginia,
Has only two shores:
The one in hell, the other
In Bridgeport, Ohio.

And nobody would commit suicide, only
To find beyond death
Bridgeport, Ohio.

James Wright

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:hi:

RL

[blueraven95]

1. ...

I really like this one, a lot.

:hi:

[RetroLounge]

2. Yeah, I went to bed last night reading James Wright

I love his poems. He's one of my favorittes...

:hi:

RL

[Chorophyll]

3. I've read this before. It's so good.

:hi: and an extra :hug: today.

[RetroLounge]

5. Thanks

:hug:

RL

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. My dear Retro!

Wow, crazy symbolism!

I like it!

I always find it interesting just where poetry can really take you...

Thanks, sweetie...

More hugs for you today...:hug: :hug:

[RetroLounge]

6. ...

:hi:

:hug:

RL

[lizziegrace]

7. I've traveled the highway from Columbus to Pittsburgh

dozens of times. Bridgeport is hell.

[RetroLounge]

8. Hee. GMTA

I knew you'd like this one...

:hi:

RL