From: "Joanna Boulter" <[log in to unmask]>
> Well, it may be a specific horticultural term, but it really isn't
> abstruse, it's in wide general usage.
Indeed. Most commonly in the phrase "weeping willow". So even I, who can
barely distinguish an oak from my elbow, would naturally extend the
adjective to other arboreal species.
Robin
> I don't think we can go through Andrew's poem and rewrite it so
> fundamentally. It would become a totally different piece, not by Andrew at
> all.
>
> best joana
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