Hi Helen,
Don't call it "slight" even tho you have!
Sometimes at readings or in collections there's place for these small
pieces. They offer links, lighten the load...
Bob
>From: Helen Clare <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Pennine Poetry Works <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: New Sub: fenceless
>Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 07:07:37 +0100
>
>Hi Sally
>I don't think there's a name for it - but there is a tradition of short
>iambic verse. The old ones tend to be rhyming and epigrammatic not to say
>insulting, and I've come across a lot of gentle enigmatic ones in the work
>of contemporary poets. I think the information that the fence has been down
>a while is important because it suggests that someone has enabled this
>state
>of exposure to persist!
>I do suspect that it is too slight and message-driven, but it was really
>just one of those things I saw that made me smile.
>Helen
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Sally James" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2004 5:17 PM
>Subject: Re: New Sub: fenceless
>
>
> > Hi Helen I was not so sure about this one, it didn't say much to me. It
> > seems to be written in an unfamiliar form a bit like an hiaku but with
>more
> > words if you what I mean so please forgive me but I jiggled the words
>about
> > and then I got the message hmm so clever you are.
> >
> > Fenceless
> >
> > The end terrace
> > whose fence blew down
> > has a slate plaque by the door
> > someone painted it
> > with red and yellow tulips
> > like those in the garden
> > enjoying more sun.
> >
> > >From: Helen Clare <[log in to unmask]>
> > >Reply-To: The Pennine Poetry Works <[log in to unmask]>
> > >To: [log in to unmask]
> > >Subject: New Sub: fenceless
> > >Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 20:11:34 +0100
> > >
> > >Fenceless
> > >
> > >The end terrace whose fence blew down last month
> > >has a small slate welcome plaque by the door -
> > >
> > >someone has painted it with red tulips and daffodils
> > >like the ones in the garden, enjoying more sun.
> >
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