Hi Daniel, thanks - free standing.

In fact I'm just starting work on writing poems using this style of prosody
for 'renku' which is  a type of linked verse. The format is the same but
the execution changes because of the relationship to surrounding verses.

No, as you intuit, the whole purpose of the thirty years type of poem is
that it is complete in itself.

And I've changed the draft because, on adding up, it's closer to forty!

best wishes, John


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From: "sarah.janes" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: 19 August 2001 23:51
Subject: Re: thirty years


John,  every time I read this I perceive a different speaker, with a
different story.  My imagination fills in the blanks and then moments later
I realise what I have done.  This is one of those rare pieces that truly
unlocks imagination.  Will it be free standing, or will it be a part of
something else?  (It works brilliantly free standing in my view).  Thanks
Daniel.

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          thirty years   like yesterday
              this time   I free the butterfly