Dear Joanna and the poet his'sel', Patrick:
What's a meta for? Sweet P's talkin 'bout fish---and such lovelies, too!
Fisherman's wife, musing,
Judy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joanna Boulter" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 6:10 AM
Subject: Re: snapshot Wednesday, 06 July 2005
> Oh lor' Patrick, what a totally brilliant metaphor!
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> joanna
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Patrick McManus" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 8:55 AM
> Subject: snapshot Wednesday, 06 July 2005
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>> POETRY LAKE
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>> uninspired
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>> he went down
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>> to fish in his
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>> poetry lake
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>> got out his boat
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>> all his tackle
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>> nets and things
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>> then tried first
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>> for a warm up
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>> a minnow haiku
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>> quickly progressed
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>> to a nice fat
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>> sonnet perch
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>> canto carp
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>> idyll dace
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>> epic eel
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>> but then
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>> unfortunately
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>> got entangled
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>> with a vicious
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>> doggerel pike
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>> which nearly
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>> did for him
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>> but his muse
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>> threw a lifebelt
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>> and mounted
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>> a swift rescue
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>> in an inflated
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>> high powered
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>> villanelle dinghy.
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>> Pmcmanus earlyish
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>> Raynesparkwimbledonuk
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>> n661
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