Now this makes some more sense.
Having seen the further discussion you brought to this thread, I can
see why.
The newer poem seems to me to do a more complex job on the books &
dolls situation....
Doug
On 4-Apr-06, at 10:31 AM, David Bircumshaw wrote:
> (I replied to Doug's message re: Beginnings of a Poem using the header
> of
> another thread by mistake!)
>
> I sent an e-mail to myself on this matter Doug but I'm still awaiting a
> reply.
>
> Best
>
> Dave
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Douglas Barbour" <[log in to unmask]>
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> Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2006 3:25 PM
> Subject: Re: Beginnings of a poem
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>
>> Good point, Joanna, but in the poem as opposed to Dave's discussion of
>> it, I'm not sure that difference is clear.
>>
>> There is a 'you' & 'I' though, so yeah, sure.
>>
>> Doug
>> On 3-Apr-06, at 11:16 AM, Joanna Boulter wrote:
>>
>>> Are the books not David and the dolls Vicky? Or is that too
>>> simplistic?
>> Douglas Barbour
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