ext_291890 ([identity profile] emmmjay.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] greatpoetry2008-03-11 05:09 pm
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Love rode 1500 miles- Judy Grahn

Love rode 1500 miles on a grey
hound bus & climbed in my window
one night to surprise
both of us.
the pleasure of that sleepy
shock has lasted a decade
now or more because she is
always still doing it and I am
always still pleased. I do indeed like
aggressive women
who come half a continent
just for me; I am not saying that patience
is virtuous, Love
like anybody else, comes to those who
wait actively
and leave their windows open.

Judy Grahn

[identity profile] hallelujahlogic.livejournal.com 2008-03-11 11:21 pm (UTC)(link)
this poem is amazing to me for reasons too complicated to get into. i did not know that it existed until you posted this. so, thank you.

[identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/everette1_/ 2008-03-12 12:30 am (UTC)(link)
Bless you for the appearance of Grahn, who expressed our lives way before, it seems, "coming out' was a political act, or much dared, really.

[identity profile] starfoozle.livejournal.com 2008-03-12 01:46 am (UTC)(link)
I love this. Thank you for sharing.

[identity profile] bloodrebel333.livejournal.com 2008-03-29 02:09 am (UTC)(link)
:)