Dearest Sweet P,
Well, there---you see? You yourself wrote it!
As we say in this country: "Cut me some slack!" It was, after all, 4 a.m.
when I unerringly rewrote your snappingpoem.
Though "straggled bedraggled" may be something that ladies do to gentlemen
in bed (how would I ever know?), the most notable perpetrator was Othello
who eventually "straggled bedraggled" his wife---all bcuz of a hankie and
not even any hanky-panky. Sad, that. Possibly even tragic.
The Judy
P.S. How's VileBoris Catflap? Shall I bring him earrings or ears?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Patrick McManus"
> Judy thanks for commentos yes much valued -but who wrote 'straggled
> bedraggled'
> Greets straggled bedraggled P
> Ps is that something that ladies do to gentelmen in bed ????allthose bed
> ragglings
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Poetryetc provides a venue for a dialogue relating to poetry and
> poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of judy prince
> Sent: 24 August 2005 09:33
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: snap~patrick
>
> My dear PMcM,
>
> I only wish that after the excellent strong start and middle of the poem
> you
>
> had ended up stronger than your "straggled bedraggled on his page"
> (despite
> its lovely "raggled" repeats). But, then, I'm imposing my view of you on
> you---unwise to do.
>
> OmniP aka Judy in NYC and then Ella Gant in UK
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Patrick McManus"
> Subject: snap~patrick
>
>
>> STORMS
>>
>> In the
>> storms
>> great storms
>> poetry storms
>> in the seas
>> vast oceans
>> inside his head
>> he soon realised
>> had no illusions
>> that it was
>> just the
>> and only the
>> flotsam and jetsam
>> that finally
>> ended up
>> stranded
>> bedraggled
>> on his page.
>>
>>
>> pmcmanus early
>> 24-Aug-05
>> Raynespark-uk
>> n685
>>
>
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