'song' - adrienne rich

You're wondering if I'm lonely:
OK then, yes, I'm lonely
as a plane rides lonely and level
on its radio beam, aiming
across the Rockies
for the blue-strung aisles
of an airfield on the ocean.

You want to ask, am I lonely?
Well, of course, lonely
as a woman driving across country
day after day, leaving behind
mile after mile
little towns she might have stopped
and lived and died in, lonely

If I'm lonely
it must be the loneliness
of waking first, of breathing
dawns' first cold breath on the city
of being the one awake
in a house wrapped in sleep

If I'm lonely
it's with the rowboat ice-fast on the shore
in the last red light of the year
that knows what it is, that knows it's neither
ice nor mud nor winter light
but wood, with a gift for burning

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[annmarie985]

I really like this. It's a great poem, and I love the way you delivered it...the candle, the globe, very nice.

[eddusfledermaus]

aw, I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[maninwhitedress]

and the passion burns and madness grows.

[eddusfledermaus]

<3 <3

[personalimagery]

I adored the "calm passion" of this poem. I mean... that was what I ˜felt˜. :)

so great, how you read it. I am on the green lower left of the globe. lonely, not lonely. distant togetherness.

[eddusfledermaus]

I'm on the pink smudge near the top! I love globes and that we can all find ourselves on them!

I'm so glad you liked the piece, she's such a great poet. <3

[NervousTickMotion]

very nice poem

[garymichael1950]

this has been my favorite poem for a very long time. Excellent job, my friend!

[eddusfledermaus]

aw, thank you ons! <3

[ournationalspace]

I very much like the poem, your reading and the video. thanks eddus.