The RetroLounge Daily Poem Thread (Tue 7/18/06)

[RetroLounge]

Two Countries

Skin remembers how long the years grow
when skin is not touched, a gray tunnel
of singleness, feather lost from the tail
of a bird, swirling onto a step,
swept away by someone who never saw
it was a feather. Skin ate, walked,
slept by itself, knew how to raise a
see-you-later hand. But skin felt
it was never seen, never known as
a land on the map, nose like a city,
hip like a city, gleaming dome of the mosque
and the hundred corridors of cinnamon and rope.

Skin had hope, that's what skin does.
Heals over the scarred place, makes a road.
Love means you breathe in two countries.
And skin remembers--silk, spiny grass,
deep in the pocket that is skin's secret own.
Even now, when skin is not alone,
it remembers being alone and thanks something larger
that there are travelers, that people go places
larger than themselves.

Naomi Shihab Nye


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RL

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[Callalily]

1. What a lovely

poem RL. Love means you breathe in two countries. Ah . . . to give love so freely, how difficult, but how rewarding.

[RetroLounge]

9. yeah, this is quite lovely

:hi:

RL

[miss_american_pie]

2. That's lovely

the hundred corridors of cinnamon and rope.

[wildhorses]

3. Skin had hope, that's what skin does.

skin forgives...
it grows with age
it mellows and meanders
and leaves plenty
of room
for love



:hi:



I really liked this one.

[RetroLounge]

6. ...

Skin had hope, that's what skin does.
Heals over the scarred place

:hi:

RL

[lizziegrace]

8. Those are my favorite lines too

Skin had hope, that's what skin does.
Heals over the scarred place

Thanks RL. :hi:

[WritingIsMyReligion]

4. That's really beautiful.

:hi:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. My dear RetroLounge.........

Even now, when skin is not alone,
it remembers being alone and thanks something larger
that there are travelers, that people go places
larger than themselves.

How beautiful this is! I especially like this last verse.......

It speaks to me .........

Thank you so much, as always.......

:hug:

[SeattleGirl]

7. Beautiful, RL

:hug: