After we flew across the country we
got in bed, laid our bodies
delicately together, like maps laid
face to face, East to West, my
San Francisco against your New York, your
Fire Island against my Sonoma, my
New Orleans deep in your Texas, your Idaho
bright on my Great Lakes, my Kansas
burning against your Kansas your Kansas
burning against my Kansas, your Eastern
Standard Time pressing into my
Pacific Time, my Mountain Time
beating against your Central Time, your
sun rising swiftly from the right my
sun rising swiftly from the left your
moon rising slowly from the left my
moon rising slowly from the right until
all four bodies of the sky
burn above us, sealing us together,
all our cities twin cities,
all our states united, one
nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
Sharon Olds
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A perfect way to start twenty10.
Wow, great poem. Happy New Year!
Wow, perfect poem! Somehow for a moment it reminded me of E. E. Cummings and one of my favorites so if I can share:
I carry your heart with me
I carry it in my heart
I am never without it
anywhere I go you go, my dear;
and whatever is done
by only me is your doing, my darling
I fear no fate for you are my fate, my sweet
I want no world for beautiful you are my world, my true
and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you
here is the deepest secret nobody knows
here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud
and the sky of the sky of a tree called life;
which grows higher than soul can hope or mind can hide
and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart
I carry your heart
I carry it in my heart
Love this poem. Thanks for Sharing and Happy 2010!
Very cool! I particularly like the line: "my New Orleans deep in your Texas" - found that quite funny.
Simply Beautiful!
Wow what an excellent poem! I got a chuckle out of the line "your Idaho
bright on my Great Lakes". That is classic! I dig it. Thank you for sharing, and may you have a fantastic 2010.
This is very pretty. Have a great 2010!
makes for soft smiles, misty eyes.
xo
Sending good spirits and baby love to you. Your blog is a place of peace and hope and it is appreciated.
Really great one, I love the style and words to express the feelings."I am never without it
anywhere I go you go, my dear".Great
I really enjoyed this poem, I don't think you find eroticism and geography often linked together! This works as a meeting of minds and bodies.
Wow. Nice, effiecient, and profound poem. Subtle love, and strong connection.
very nice poem, it touched ma heart, a very perfect piece of poetry with a deep soulistic touch! thanks for sharing!
Loving the poetry. Sensual is good.
And i want you to hear this too. A face friendly face from my childhood.
Year of the Tiger. seeking other beauty. nasty space funk!
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That is a very beautiful and soothing poem. Like yoga.
very nice lines!!!
I love your poem!
best regards,
Marvellous, if only ....
"burn above us, sealing us together,
all our cities twin cities,
all our states united, one
nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."
Sounds like a great anthem for 2010.
Though this is my favorite Sharon Olds poem, I laugh nearly every time I read “your / sun rising swiftly from the right my / sun rising swiftly from the left your / moon rising slowly from the left my / moon rising slowly from the right.” What I laugh at is how misguided Olds is in her astronomy.
Wonderful poem, thanks for sharing!
Very impressive! I would be interested in seeing some more from this author. Can we expect regular publishings?
Thanks a lot for sharing :) Was a good read
This is a very powerful piece. You make your point.
very nice poem, cant wait for more.
Awe I really Love this poem. Thanks so much for Sharing
Nice and interesting site. I like it
A truly beautiful poem. Very powerful and moving.
Wonderful poem, thanks for sharing!
Your blog is a place of peace and hope and it is appreciated.
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Beautiful! This one is for New Year. How about Valentine's day? Another poem?
Love the poem!
awesome, very beautiful prose
Sorry to buck the agreement club chorus up top but come on... more like pretentious saccharine 'patriotism' with some unintentionally comedic lines. The 'dreaming of mythic America' motif has walked the continues to walk the US up more than a few blind allies. Behind the rhapsodic vision is some really nasty shit in the great ole US of A. Even tea party racists know how to get starry eyed. Wake-up time!
I was touched to read it, it's beautiful
Great poem. My wife is an avid poem fan. Will pass the blog info over.
Thanks.
I feelt very touched about this poem it, thank you for reading. it.
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Beautiful only begins to describe this poem!
Great poem! I wish i could do same thing.
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Nice poem thanks for sharing it
Nice post with poem enjoyed it
Yuppi.... Very cool! "my New Orleans deep in your Texas" - found that quite funny. A truly beautiful poem. Very powerful and moving.
NIce vision!) Great photos too.
it is so beautiful poem
how can you creat such poem
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Very cool! I particularly like the line: "my New Orleans deep in your Texas" - found that quite funny.
Very thoughtful and delicate poem, particularly liked the opening sentence...
''like maps laid face to face...''
Hehe, very interesting poem indeed. Got a good chuckle from it. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks a lot for sharing :) Was a good read.
Regards.
great poem, keats like!
That's a beautiful poem! Thanks for posting it. Made me google Sharon Olds for more ;)
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