And before anyone points out that the sirocco/scirocco is a dry wind off the
North African desert, it is also applied to hot moist southeasterlies. the
main point is that it is a hot wind not always dry. Perfectly correct there,
James; said he pre-emptively.
best,
Roger.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Roger Collett" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2001 2:49 PM
Subject: Re: New sub: On The Islands
> James
>
> Immediate reaction against the plural break and bury
> Mind tells me they should be breaks and buries respectively
>
> Otherwise OK
>
> Roger
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "James Bell" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2001 12:33 PM
> Subject: New sub: On The Islands
>
>
> > Back to short pieces. C& C welcome.
> >
> > ON THE ISLANDS
> >
> > The sirocco races for Anatolia,
> > break itself into watery bits
> > upon the headlands
> > and bury them in the smoke of spray
> > from an internal fire
> > eternal in the way waves
> > strike out against the land.
> >
> > As the epithalamium
> > celebrates the end of joy
> > the epitaph is brief
> > on islands where
> > it is unwise
> > to pick the asphodel.
> >
> > bw
> > James
> >
> >
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