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This Room

by Glenn Currier

This room and its six wide sides
its surfaces rough
but smooth as light
underneath.
Chairs with uneven legs
strewn writings
books stacked high
with texts made sacred
by authors brave enough
to go within, without, and beyond.

Scenes flash:

On the western wall-
Rockies, craters, sparkling lakes
streams of melted snow
red shamans smudging sweetgrass and sage
men reading Ferlinghetti by moonlight
women weaving wisdom, beading, being.

On the eastern wall-
a tapestry of Tao
brothers Buddha, Rumi, Rohr
echoes of Jesus and Moses.

To the north-
Black Elk and Custer lie
and the men of Rushmore weep.

Looking up-
Armstrong and Sagan batting stars
Clair de Lune
hot air balloon
Yahweh dares
Aquinas, Walsh, Sartre,
to stand under
and smile.

Below-
The sweet abyss
avoided, feared, missed
awaits entry
into this room.

06/24/2010

Posted on 06/24/2010
Copyright © 2024 Glenn Currier

Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by Charlie Morgan on 06/24/10 at 02:53 PM

...who wrote this for you?...and a big ha ha. glenn this is king-pin. hang your hat on any wall, you are familar w/ them and they with you...busy wishing i would've written this, so complete, so round-robin w/ all walls winning. niiiiiice. don't show this to richard rohr, he'll pout, dontcha know?

Posted by George Hoerner on 06/24/10 at 03:56 PM

It really might just be one of your best Glenn. I love it.

Posted by Gabriel Ricard on 06/24/10 at 07:27 PM

A poetic screenplay of sorts. I love every line.

Posted by Therese Elaine on 06/24/10 at 11:52 PM

A classroom, an enriched set of memories, a personal storage facility for the best that men have offered this world, a place for pioneers, for inventors, trailblazers, ancestors -the kind of place you fit perfectly into, Glenn!

Posted by Chris Sorrenti on 06/25/10 at 12:34 PM

Yes, as per Max's initial comment, a refreshingly different change of pace and style for you Glenn. Once more, a pleasure to read!

Posted by Quentin S Clingerman on 06/25/10 at 07:53 PM

This shouts, "a living, vibrant library", to me! Rarified air of intellectual pursuit! You catch it with the intensity it surely deserves!

Posted by Joan Serratelli on 06/25/10 at 08:26 PM

Absolutely outstanding from start to finish. A great write.

Posted by Morgan D Hafele on 06/26/10 at 03:58 AM

quite a room of wonder!

Posted by Gregory O'Neill on 06/26/10 at 09:28 PM

A visually dynamic latitude and longitude, pinpointing that place where one could settle so easily into the solace of things and stare at them for hours. Wonderfully. Thanks.

Posted by Kristina Woodhill on 06/28/10 at 01:12 AM

I enjoyed the sides and directions referenced here, those names with profound influence, the playful rhyming with "Clair de Lune" and "hot air balloon", and that last stanza of mystery and dread. Very unique approach. Thank you.

Posted by Maria Terezia Ferencz on 06/30/10 at 08:12 AM

This room brings me to a library, the smell of old books and the knowledge that our thoughts can live without us. I love it!

Posted by Laurie Blum on 06/30/10 at 01:00 PM

This is why I write, to try and create something like this. This poem is beautiful.

Posted by Charles E Minshall on 07/02/10 at 12:06 AM

I have a room with so much stuff in it I can't find anything in it. Nice poem Glenn...CharMin

Posted by Max Bouillet on 07/02/10 at 10:26 PM

I've feel as though I have been on tour through the whole of human experience. Such wisdom accumulated within your walls but now the walls are ripples on an ever expanding universe created in the reader's mind. Excellent writing!

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