Hi Bob,
No quibs whatsoever with the content here. It's great. I remember you saying 
you favour the long line and while I can read this piece with delight though 
I still get the feeling that it could benefit from being broken up in some 
way to make it easier on the eye.



bw
James





>From: Bob Cooper <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Pennine Poetry Works <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Oh Let There Be Blossom
>Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 09:06:48 +0000
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>What, already another for your C & C?
>Guess so, (after months of almost drought)
>and the glyphs between *'s are in italics...
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>Oh Let There Be Blossom,
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>let the Malteser packets, Walkers crisp packets, bon bon wrappers,
>with all the brightness of their colours get hidden by the suddenness,
>let the Sainsbury polybag trees bud and turn cherry pink or white
>and hedges whose blackthorn starkness seems aggressive
>tipple themselves with the palest of green. Let there be blossom
>so even the two old men who silently pad along together –
>one with a dog as withdrawn as each other – pause and talk
>quietly about something that makes them smile as they look.
>Let the refuse trucks rust and orange slab sides gleam with petals,
>the woman who tries to sweep them from her path stop and start to grin.
>Let there be blossom that flavours the air like chillie powder
>flavours what bubbles in pans in kitchens still gleaming with sunlight
>while the radio plays love songs and mothers sing, revealing
>to themselves such secrets that are coloured in such lyrics
>while they stir, tap the rim with a rhythm they’re hardly aware of
>as they mouth every *Aaah,* every *Oh,* then smile to themselves.
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>Bob Cooper
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