| Finding Roo
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| Grade five saw irony introduce me | 1 |
to my only boyfriend. | 2 |
First day of that school year | 3 |
he could only stare at my shoes, | 4 |
and I, at his dandelion-filled hand. | 5 |
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In grade six we were picking | 6 |
wild loves-me daisies, | 7 |
reciting forever vows, | 8 |
until preempted by the bell, | 9 |
bringing us into chalkboards, books, | 10 |
and self-professed geniuses | 11 |
promising to haunt our daydreams | 12 |
with "Read", always read, read. | 13 |
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I would have married him | 14 |
in that school yard, | 15 |
had I not fallen for the cute | 16 |
red-head in the polka dot dress, | 17 |
grinning from behind his arm, | 18 |
clenching Eros to her breast - | 19 |
the intellect's introduction | 20 |
to introspection and a prayer. | 21 |
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Now, I sit at the window, | 22 |
a Water Memory on my lap, | 23 |
reflecting on my motel nights, | 24 |
trampling daisies and finding | 25 |
'pubic hair in the tub'. | 26 |
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Water Memory - chapbook by Roo Borson |
18 Jul 08 |
Rated 7.8 (8.2) by 7 users.
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ah, I am partial to a beautifully written poem that compels me to do research. My fingertips become aroused. Obviously, I have no idea who you are, but I convince myself that you are well-published, and if not, you soon will be.
Thank you for posting this poem and for the chapbook reference.
— banditfemme
nicely written, gives goosebumps almost.
— nisetru
20 and 21... Great lines.
What a narrative! Thanks for sharing. I'm not familiary with Roo Borson, but this makes me want to fix that. Write on.
— nugunz
Had a rogue Y there....
— nugunz
bf - yours are very kind words. thank you.
nisetru - goosebumps, i like that. thanks
nugunz - i like your rogue y;) thanks.
— unknown
This is so well conveyed and took me right back
— larrylark
Hi Larry - you mean you were going to marry the little boy in the schoolyard too?
Thanks for reading.
— unknown
Here's a link for the interested or the merely curious. I hope it works.
http://www.library.utoronto.ca/canpoetry/borson/index.htm
— banditfemme
http://www.library.utoronto.ca/canpoetry/borson/index.htm
— banditfemme
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and I guess not. apologies offered.
— unknown
see if this works
http://tinyurl.com/6epla6
— unknown
no..oh well
— unknown
why won't links work here?
— unknown
ha, this is great.
you know i love your twist-
er.
love this ending, is it relative to roo?
not familiar with roo, should i be?
=-)
— jenakajoffer
yes, dammit, you should.
she was the writer in residence at the uni here and lives about an hour from you.
— unknown
wow, show me the way.
=-)
— jenakajoffer
one last attempt to offer a glimpse. apologies offered in advance if this doesn't work:
http://www.griffinpoetryprize.com/shortlist_2005.php?t=1 #excerpt
— banditfemme
haha! That's soft laughter, not guffaws. How early we learn what we love - the choice we think is right, then the choice we KNOW is right. Good job with portraying all the feelings a child has that a parent might never be aware of.
— Isabelle5
I confess I was thinking Kanga and little Roo.
— Isabelle5
Wow. Wonderfully written.
I'm guessing the last line is some allusion that I just don't recognize (judging by the apostrophes). That was the only part where you lost me.
Well done.
— eyerite
hi isabelle.
thanks isabelle:)
eyerite (great name), thank you.
yes, the last line is a line from a poem.
— unknown
*yawns* Boring--and I'd like not to remember Roo.
— Poe
What is a chapbook?
— unknown
>>What is a chapbook?
are you serious?
— unknown
interesting response, are you John Mackenroe
— unknown
chapbook- a small book...in this case containing poems.
thanks for reading, unknown.
— unknown
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