The RetroLounge Daily Poem Thread (Wed 4/1/2009)

[RetroLounge]

Schoolgirls

Schoolgirls in black skirts
and white blouses water flowers
that bloom only in the night.

One of the girls wears a laurel
crown, another has a thin scar
down her leg and around her ankle.

The teacher, at the far corner
of the field, sands the ancient
clapper which will call them in.

The fence around the field
and school house is electrified,
but that doesn’t keep boyfriends

from trying to climb it.
Their bodies, strewn all over
the mesh, waste away much

too slowly. The janitor works
overtime to scrape them off,
but he can’t keep up. The girls are

studying biology, will get to stay
up late to watch the flowering.
When the clapper goes off, they line

double-file in order of height, march
out of recess to classical strains.
The fence fills up again.

James Doyle

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:hi:

RL

[blueraven95]

1. ...

:hi:

[RetroLounge]

10. Hey

:hi:

RL

[BlueIris]

2. Bwah! I love it.

It cannot top the profundity of the poem I posted today, but it's still great.

[Chorophyll]

3. BlueIris, I'm still reeling from the profundity

of today's poem. It is a feminist anthem, I tell you! ;)

[BlueIris]

13. It's funny you should mention the "feminist" angle...I will be posting more on that later.

Stay tuned.

[RetroLounge]

8. Oh yeah, it's a "gem"

:rofl:

RL

[BlueIris]

14. Are you mocking the poetic genius of Jewel?

Retro! I'm hurt.

[RetroLounge]

15. I read it, shook my head, then remebered the date...

only wish I had thought of it first...

:rofl:

RL

[Chorophyll]

4. ...

That was 97 kinds of crazy. :hi:

[RetroLounge]

9. ...

:9

:hi:

RL

[Tuesday Afternoon]

5. I feel sorry for the Janitor.

:donut: :hi:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. My dear Tuesday Afternoon!

I feel sorry for the boys!

:hi:

[Tuesday Afternoon]

7. meh ...

Maybe the first one. :hi:

[RetroLounge]

12. ...

:hi:

RL

[RetroLounge]

11. ...

:hi:

RL