This was a Canada goose on another part of the estuary. There's a huge flock
of them and it gets noisy at times. It had passed my mind to put something
together on the general theme, with my goose friend possibly as a unifying
character. Tell me if you are interested and I'll send a batch. Glad you
liked the poem.
bw
James
>From: Sally Evans <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Pennine Poetry Works <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: New sub:Luck
>Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 01:17:48 +0000
>
>Hi James, yes. nice. you will have a whole pamphlet on that goose soon!
>bw
>SallyE
>
>on 11/1/03 11:47 am, James Bell at [log in to unmask] wrote:
>
> > Another recent rough cut. C&C welcome as always.
> >
> > LUCK
> >
> > Sound comes as an instant
> > break to silence - this one
> > from a goose that stirs
> > other responses in its colony
> > on a distant bare sandbar -
> > echoes all over the estuary.
> >
> > Gulls reply from this side
> > and neither know nor care
> > whether they can be heard
> > over there for its difficult
> > to be a gull and modulate
> > your tone when nature only
> > gave you one note on a scale
> > and a very short larynx.
> >
> > The longer you sit and look out
> > on the river before you
> > the more you begin to feel lucky.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > bw
> > James
> >
> >
> >
> >
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