Andrew's comments (member since Nov 18, 2008)

Andrew's comments from the ¡ POETRY ! group.

Be Brave Ramona Quimby, Sincerely Howie Kemp

P.S. –

Let me put it another way…
Somewhere far away a wind must have pushed
Against the water and set it in motion.
I know you are gloomy, but I didn’t know
How to tell you I’d been fooling around
With the occult. So like Roosevelt, in my ruth
I began to ramble about.
Out the window, a moon a few days past
Full. The unofficial end of summer.
Tonight, do not wander too far from home.
Act as if there is only now. And if
It’s true that the most common opening
Gambit in Rock-Paper-Scissors is Rock,
Always throw soft, throw paper. Make an impression.
Since breaking my heart music has never sounded so winning.
Be again, as you were once, my bright Cathay.
I miss our fearsome rivalry.
For one hundred roses Ramona, I
Could have a genuine girlfriend experience.
And the songs we sang at Prom mean nothing
To us now. But O did we ever have
The Steering Committee in tears over
Our dumb show! Tableau with hornet
Busily unblossoming blue summer.
Test whatever it is you call faith. Let
The candle go out. Bring your glasses close.
I suppose it’s my turn to sing something golden.
The rule of thumb when you are lost is find
A river and mind it all the way downstream.
Finally, I abandoned my kite on the beach.
If I were an earnest man, I’d have taken up smoking.
It started to snow. Someone told me
Right before snow warps into rain, the flakes
Turn huge. And there I was, surrounded
By so much water, so much potential water.
The world was simpler then.
I was a Cold Warrior. Anything
That was not fresh was wack.
Once, long ago, you demonstrated for me
A science experiment whereby
You recreated the night sky on the surface
Of a beaker. It was the same night sky
Seen by Admiral Perry from his ship’s deck
Adrift in that inky polar sea. You
Told me you find a star by its letter.
The stars don’t go anywhere during the day.
They stay right where they are.
And what I’m trying to say is I love…
Quiet nights eating Asian fusion,
Getting high and watching hardcore porn,
Attempting to pinpoint our successes
And failures. Ramona. It’s your Howie.
When making substitute sounds, begin by
Saying them softer than you normally
Would. For instance, practice saying:
The girls in the gymnastics class could do
Various Olympic stunts. Or.
California is near the Pacific Ocean.
And the sound seems to come from a distance
Or from a source other. A wave
Looks like the ocean moving through your body.
It’s football night in America, Ramona,
It’s 1st Down at the New York 37,
And my running game is impeccable.
A frost warning is in effect.
Amateur. From the French, ama-re to love.
I’ve cultivated many pastimes but
Distinguished myself at none. Love for me,
Ramona, was a bet I welshed on. And
When you said, How much longer will you be
The boy with the backwards baseball cap,
I was trying to remember the name
Of the flower that explodes when you touch it.
I wanted to ask you, but I couldn’t.

Sweethearts of the Great Migration