Thanks, James
."You're in there with Betjeman (though I doin't think is was a
sonneteer)" -nothing like a good backhanded compliment ! -LOL!
Kind regards,
grasshopper
----- Original Message -----
From: "James Bell" <[log in to unmask]
Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 11:26 AM
Subject: Re: New sub: Five cans of catfoogd
> A late response here Grassy but I lked this and your facility with the
> sonnet form. You're in there with Betjeman (though I doin't think is was a
> sonneteer) and Kit Wright. I thought the title was fine.
>
>
> >From: grasshopper <[log in to unmask]>
> >Reply-To: The Pennine Poetry Works <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: New sub: Five cans of catfoogd
> >Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2002 18:42:11 +0100
> >
> >Oh dear, yet another sonnet, this time inspired by opening a kitchen
> >cupboard. First draft for C&C,please. Rubbish title,too
> >Kind regards,
> >grasshopper
> >
> > Five cans of catfood
> >
> >Five cans of catfood on a kitchen shelf:
> >I know soon I must move them out of view.
> >Are they a hopeful message to myself
> >that nothing's changed, that time turns tail for you?
> >No need to cut a jagged tear in tin,
> >No look that says ' Beef chunks? I fancied ham',
> >No need to scrape the lot into the bin;
> >just pristine labels: Pilchard, Turkey, Lamb.
> >
> >l sense an empty space upon the stairs.
> >I feel the unfilled hollow on my bed.
> >a pang that pounces, takes me unawares,
> >the silenced mews that prowl inside my head.
> >
> >Five tins of catfood sealed and set apart
> >and ah, a ragged fissure in my heart.
> >
> > grasshopper
>
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>
>
> bw
> James
>
>
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