The RetroLounge Daily Poem Thread (Sat 5/9/2009)

I’ll Say It This Way

You are my 5th Avenue
You are my 6th my 8th my Broadway
You are my grain of salt my steak
         boiled baked and fried potatoes
         my sweet corn on the cob
You are my border crossing
You are my trans-Atlantic flight
         the long layover between London and Bilbao
You are my new pair of shoes
         the blisters they give my feet
         the sliced tomato in the fridge
         the smell in the sheets
         memory of your underwear drawer
         the cool in my drink
         humidity
You are the obituary on page A 17
         the sliver of photograph falling
         out of the folded-up letter I still
         haven’t sent
You are radio static
You are the dream I had last night
         the night before
         I want tonight
You are the words
         I wish I’d written
You are anticipation
         the mistakes I’ve made
         the worst decisions I’ve made
         the moment I want to quit
You are the voice that says quit
You are the one for me
You two thousand miles away
You different languages spoken
You asleep right now while I write

Curtis Bauer

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Curtis Bauer holds a BA from Central College and an MFA in poetry from Sarah Lawrence College. His poems have appeared in Barrow Street, The North American Review, Rhino, Runes, and numerous other journals. After living for several years in Mexico and Spain, he currently lives and teaches in Iowa. Fence Line is his first book.

Hear him read it here:
http://www.fishousepoems.org/archives/curtis_bauer/ill_say_it_this_way.shtml

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:hi:

RL

:)

and he's hot too... :D

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RL

New York City, longing, hotness and a soul-patch, too. Damn. :loveya:

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Good poem, MFA from Sarah Lawrence, New York connection, Hawt, hawt, hawt...

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I do what I can to please...

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RL

You're a wonderful human being and a poetry-finder extraordinaire. What more can one say, really? :P :hi:

Maybe a bit too much so.

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RL

Wow, just....WOW.

He is so fucking eloquent!

Love it...

Thank you!

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RL