Dear Paul,
This is the 6th poem you've posted to the list recently, but I have not seen
one comment from you on other people's poems. In any workshop you are
expected to critique other people's work, not just showcase your own work.
A workshop functions on give and take. You have been taking and now it is
time you starting giving.
Kind regards,
             grasshopper

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From: "paul murphy" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2003 10:57 AM
Subject: [THE-WORKS] submission - words


WORDS

Opal light nick nack spät  a love of the rack and the screw
screw time time temps perdu time in abandonment
memory ciphers keys rimless unrhymed lids
lights and time!  rough jolly faces  hewn from granitic
downpayments, endowments from universities lost
in cosmic rotations  beyond memory beyond sense
beyond everyday  sensations on the windowpane.
Opal blue emerald green  farben rot grün gelb blau
colours, lights, roughly hewed.  wrong from the start
in the strong light of intensely satiated emotions
art deco lampshade, your kiss, your hands, shaking senses
and hearts.  acid test is alkaline or you.   litmus test
feeling form rhythm.  what is more than words?