There is a blogger's movement afoot to have a silent poetry reading on Brigid's Day, February 2nd, AKA Groundhog's Day. I like it that there are events on my birthday! The silent poetry reading is intriguing. I'm not a poetry lover; however, there are a couple of poets that I like. The one that comes to mind today is Richard Brautigan. Since February also has St. Valentine's Day, I offer this from Brautigan:
Romeo and Juliet
If you will die for me,
I will die for you
and our graves will
be like two lovers washing
their clothes together
in a laundromat.
If you will bring the soap,
I will bring the bleach.
The above is from "ROMMEL DRIVES ON DEEP INTO EGYPT", Richard Brautigan, 1970.
PS: My birthday was good. I worked in the library, then J took me out to dinner at a fine restaurant in Chico: The Red Tavern. I had some very good butternut squash soup, maybe the best I've every had. They serve seasonal vegetables, so everything is winter. For example, no tomatoes, which made J happy.
Now I am another decade older. There are at most two more decades in my life. I guess I'd better get busy!
So happy to have Brautigan represented!!! If this is your birthday, you were conceived on or around Beltane....so you may be a little touched by the fey! A fabulous thing, in my opinion!!! I'm amazed at the poetry, amazed at the wonderful people. thank you!!!
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