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Please post here if you would like to post a poem of your choice in December:

3rd December: Ken
10th December: Ken
17th December: Richard
24th December: Laura
31st December: Alannah

I could take the 24th of December, if it's ok

No problem Laura.

I am joining the read-a-thon.

Whoops. Missed the date. Anyway:

“The Gazelle” by Rainer Maria Rilke

Enchanted thing: how can two chosen words
ever attain the harmony of pure rhyme
that pulses through you as your body stirs?
Out of your forehead branch and lyre climb,

and all your features pass in simile, through
the songs of love whose words, as light as rose-
petals, rest on the face of someone who
has put his book away and shut his eyes:

to see you: tensed, as if each leg were a gun
loaded with leaps, but not fired while your neck
holds your head still, listening: as when,

while swimming in some isolated place,
a girl hears leaves rustle, and turns to look:
the forest pool reflected in her face.

From New Poems (1907; 1908). Translated by Stephen Mitchell

Whoops. Missed the date. Anyway:

From “Native Stone” by Octavio Paz

Limitless autumn
Thirst lifts its invisible fountains
One last peppertree preaches in the desert
Close your eyes and hear the song of light:
Noon takes shelter in your inner ear
Close your eyes and open them:
There is nobody not even yourself
Whatever is not stone is light

Early Poems, 1935-1955

Shreya wrote: "I am joining the read-a-thon."

It's not a read-a-thon, you sign to post a poem of your choice on any Monday in December.

I can do December 3rd or 10th, either one is fine.

Alannah wrote: "Please post here if you would like to post a poem of your choice in December:

3rd December:
10th December:
17th December: Richard W. Buro, 115th Anniversary of Powered, Manned, Flight remembrance ..."High Flight" by Robert Gillispie Magee.
24th December: Laura
31st December:"

Ken wrote: "I can do December 3rd or 10th, either one is fine."

Done, Ken. If you need a reminder just let me know.

Richard wrote: "Alannah wrote: "Please post here if you would like to post a poem of your choice in December:

3rd December:
10th December:
17th December: Richard W. Buro, 115th Anniversary of Powered, Manned, Fli..."

Done Richard, if you need a reminder let me know.

17th December

Alannah wrote: "Done, Ken. If you need a reminder just let me know."

Is there a specific time when you want the poem posted by? I live in U.S. Eastern Time.

Stefano wrote: "17th December"

That date has been taken, would you like to take another.

Ken wrote: "Alannah wrote: "Done, Ken. If you need a reminder just let me know."

Is there a specific time when you want the poem posted by? I live in U.S. Eastern Time."

Apologies for the late reply, but no I don't expect it by a certain time.

No worries, Alannah. Post is up: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Ken wrote: "No worries, Alannah. Post is up: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/..."

Thank you for taking part, Ken.

I've signed myself up for the last Monday poem of the year.

If nobody signs up for the 10th, I will go ahead and put up a thread for January.

Alannah wrote: "If nobody signs up for the 10th, I will go ahead and put up a thread for January."

If nobody else wants to do Dec. 10th, I'll cover that one as well.

If you don't mind ken, that would be great.

For those who missed out, feel free to sign up in January:

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...