Hi grasshopper,
he-he-he... yeh, the idea of that loud singing before the rice-crispies have
snapped, crackled, and popped must have been why he ended up staying there,
marooned on his island, so long... rescuers came near, heard the singing,
rowed away again, so in the end it was only the Jolly Roger Plomley who
saved him,
Bob
>From: grasshopper <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Pennine Poetry Works <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: New sub: Grounding-Bob
>Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 20:35:59 +0100
>
>Dear Bob,
>Thanks for your comments.
>I hadn't thought of 'trail' as modern- I was thinking of the old pioneer
>trails - the Oregon Trail etc,(and, of course, it sounds right there) I'll
>check the word out.
>I particularly liked your mention of Robinson Carusoe, on of those keyboard
>serendipities ---can't you just see him emerging in his goatskins in the
>morning, for a quick aria before breakfast?
>Kind regards,
> grasshopper
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Bob Cooper" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 12:38 AM
>Subject: Re: [THE-WORKS] New sub: Grounding
>
>
> > Hi grasshopper,
> > A fine poem - that does amazing things! Not only do I find echoes of
>things
> > like The Tempest, Robinson Carusoe, and how many other voyages into the
> > exotic and unknown in it but it also creates its own narrative as well.
>I
> > love the way it carries its own history with it, how it states things
>just
> > so matter-of-fact, suspends disbelief, and makes the surreal seem just
>how
> > these things are.
> > At the moment, in the phrase: "and let him fly//over trade-routes,
>trails
> > and dragons" the word "trail" feels sort of almost-contemporary in
> > comparison to the trade routes (the old silk route) and the "here be
>dragons
> > of medieval maps - I mean the Santa-Fe Trail (a century or so old) the
>Inca
> > Trail (a sort of tourist-business invention of a name). Is there another
> > word - a word not so much commandeered by the holiday business - more in
> > keeping with the mythical/ancient nature of the poem?
> > (Or is it just me, hurriedly trying to sort out holidays and con the
>Bank
> > Manager, who sees the word Trail in so many adventure holiday
>brochures?)
> > I love the "small winged stowaway" as well! A bland description? No way!
>To
> > me the words just feel so right!
> > Bob
> >
> >
> >
> > >From: grasshopper <[log in to unmask]>
> > >Reply-To: The Pennine Poetry Works <[log in to unmask]>
> > >To: [log in to unmask]
> > >Subject: New sub: Grounding
> > >Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 22:34:19 +0100
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >Have at this, please:
> > >
> > >
> > > Grounding
> > >
> > >When the hull grated against an island,
> > >we both cursed crossings, hot-breathed
> > >as buccaneers.The startled parrots flapped
> > >and flakked. A wiser, worldlier pilot
> > >
> > >would have avoided this sad scrape,
> > >but our navigator thought more
> > >of air than water. Instead of calculating
> > >angles, he was flirting with the stars.
> > >
> > >I saw him drop my steely sextant
> > >into the moon's reflected gaze
> > >when we passed through the Azores.
> > >He pleated sea-charts into butterflies
> > >
> > >and lanterns, and played darts
> > >with the dividers. Well, I will light
> > >a fire on the beach to melt pitch,
> > >and caulk timbers, while you hammer
> > >
> > >at necessities. We will re-launch
> > >into a fair wind. Later we may discover
> > >a small winged stowaway, bright-eyed,
> > >amongst the ropes and canvas.
> > >
> > >Do not scold him. Lift him gently
> > >into the arms of Zephyr and let him fly
> > >over trade-routes, trails and dragons
> > >into the wide uncompassed day.
> > >
> > > grasshopper
> >
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