The RetroLounge Daily Poem Thread (Wed 1/25/06)

[RetroLounge]

Love Song

My own dear love, he is strong and bold
And he cares not what comes after.
His words ring sweet as a chime of gold,
And his eyes are lit with laughter.
He is jubilant as a flag unfurled --
Oh, a girl, she'd not forget him.
My own dear love, he is all my world, --
And I wish I'd never met him.

My love, he's mad, and my love, he's fleet,
And a wild young wood-thing bore him!
The ways are fair to his roaming feet,
And the skies are sunlit for him.
As sharply sweet to my heart he seems
As the fragrance of acacia.
My own dear love, he is all my dreams, --
And I wish he were in Asia.

My love runs by like a day in June,
And he makes no friends of sorrows.
He'll tread his galloping rigadoon
In the pathway of the morrows.
He'll live his days where the sunbeams start,
Nor could storm or wind uproot him.
My own dear love, he is all my heart, --
And I wish somebody'd shoot him.

Dorothy Parker

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RL

[wildhorses]

1. ya gotta love her...

and the son of a buck she's talkin' bout...

[Theres-a]

2. I think I knew that guy

Good one.

[In_The_Wind]

3. Ah ~ RetroLounge

My own dear love
Someone should shoot him before he breaks more hearts.

[Callalily]

4. Yes, I suspect

all of us, at least in one time of our lives can relate to the lines;
"My own dear love, he is all my heart, --
And I wish somebody'd shoot him."
I for one can think of one ahem, gentlemen right now.

Quite succinct, huh?

[swimboy]

5. I saw who wrote it

and knew it would be acerbic. :hi:

[RetroLounge]

6. Yes, I love her wit and biting tongue...

:hi:

How are you?

RL

[swimboy]

7. Hey, I'm pretty good.

The last two weeks have been a little odd. I haven't been sleeping well and that brings emotions close to the surface.

How are you doing?

[RetroLounge]

8. Keep feeling like I am on the verge...

of something...

RL

[Sugar Smack]

9. You are welcome to jump

into the girl/guypile of our lovely lounge

who cherish your existence here



*kiss kiss*

[RetroLounge]

10. Tell me those are your lips...

:pant:

on edit: Geting ready to jump...

RL

[Sugar Smack]

13. They're mine!

:* They're to heal your wounds.

[RetroLounge]

15. Is this the flirting thread?

Oh, why not...

Wounds feel better already.

RL

[Sugar Smack]

11. PS

"Oh life is a glorious cycle of song, A medley of extemporania, And love is a thing that can never go wrong; And I am Marie of Roumania."

[Rising Phoenix]

12. I really like this one...

thanks for posting these everyday... I look forward to them...

[RetroLounge]

14. Glad you like them!

It's gotten to be the hipoint of my morning, just after getting the kids up and ready for school...

RL

[miss_american_pie]

16. Now that's a love poem

;)

[RetroLounge]

18. Most Certainly...

:D

RL

[SeattleGirl]

17. Ah, Dorothy Parker!

My favorite quote from her: "If you can't say something nice about somebody, come sit by me." Gad, that woman had a tongue!

And for you, RL: :hug:

[xchrom]

19. ''Oh, a girl, she'd not forget him. ''

or a boy.

this poem is the perfect example of why i like my lovers married -- to other people.

i don't want to keep them - i just want to use them for a while.

i HATE it when they show up with their toothbrush.
it always downhill after that.

[RetroLounge]

20. That's a good plan...

"i don't want to keep them - i just want to use them for a while."

Words to live by...

RL

[xchrom]

24. doesn't mean i don't love love

i do -- and that's the point.

i'm a great date -- but even i don't want to get over involved with me.

it's all about the romance.

for the good ones that is.

[RevCheesehead]

21. Been there, done that....

Maybe there's something wonderful about being single, after all. :D

[RetroLounge]

22. I'll let you know...

It has been a while you know...

RL

[CaliforniaPeggy]

23. My dear RetroLounge.....

This is sharply and bitterly funny, my dear.....

I don't know why I didn't spot you this morning......wait, yes I do.....

I had houseguests, and the house was buzzing with activity for a change!

I am very glad I stopped by to see this one......

I know at least one person who fits this description! And it's a secret...

Thank you, my dear.......

I'll see you Thursday AM.......:loveya: :hug: