the most jewel-like bird  we have is prob the kingfisher
SallyE

on 6/9/04 6:55 pm, Arthur Seeley at [log in to unmask] wrote:

> Ah! You have me on the hip! I really must get these glasses seen to. I'll try
> it without modifiers, as they say, but I imagine it will squeeze the juice out
> of it. Thank you for pointing it out......SWOT!!!!  Arthur
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: The Pennine Poetry Works on behalf of grasshopper
> Sent: Mon 06/09/2004 18:14
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> Subject: Re: Poetry challenge
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> Arthur,
> Foxy, but aren't you supposed to avoid adjectives?
> Kind regards,
> grasshopper
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Arthur Seeley" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, September 06, 2004 6:02 PM
> Subject: [THE-WORKS] Poetry challenge
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>> Midnight clatter of spilt lids,
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>> hinted at his presence.
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>> Swift and easy Prince of Thieves!
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>> Now, sudden, by the wall, I met
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>> the sparked ferocity of his mask.
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>> Whiskers stiff and alert,
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>> gleaming liquorice nose, chestnut pelt,
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>> pink strop of tongue lolloped over
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>> the barbed white fence of teeth.
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>> The feral reek of him, so close.
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>> He inspected me, dismissed me
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>> with a bold disdainful eye.
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>> The pent urgent life of him
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>> unfolded in a silken leap-
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>> spirit of the woods-
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>> he loped the sunken road.
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>> melted into the twilight,
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>> flaunting the thick insult of his tail.
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>> I breathed again.
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>> Later that night
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>> he mocked me
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>> with a thin and distant yip
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>> that pierced the sullen dark
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>> and nailed my startled heart.
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