interesting
Sally's poem is brill - but, I suspect, only when carried by the cricket
reference. Without that context the metaphor 'caught out' is so conventional
it is taken as a merely objective reference to late misfortune.
Terri )O(
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From: The Pennine Poetry Works [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
Behalf Of Sally Evans
Sent: 09 September 2002 22:57
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Subject: Re: drifting gently
on 8/9/02 8:02 pm, John Carley at [log in to unmask] wrote:
> --
> drifting gently into autumn
> a butterfly at long on
>
>
> *'long on' - a distant out-field position in the game of cricket
>
> any and all c&c welcome as ever. thanks, john e c
a cabbage white caught out by sudden autumn
SallyE
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