Thanks Doug and Tina. The emotional distance in the poem, if there is any,
is because of the geographic distance. I found out by the tag end of an
email from another friend, a 'cold' way indeed. Peter was a very active
force in helping addicts of many kinds, so his work was anonymous on one
level: these facts probably led me to be less forthcoming about 'facts'
about my friend. (I notice the line space has gone again on the version you
left on - it is between 'hoops' and 'my friend'.)
Androo
On 22/03/07, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> I like this Andrew, but want now to know more about the friend...
>
> & not entirely sure of that first line....
>
> Doug
> On 21-Mar-07, at 1:42 AM, andrew burke wrote:
>
> > It's a minor thing, but a space went missing before. Here is the
> > correct
> > version:
> >
> > it's a lyrical day
> > i saw a bird in the sky
> > and a toddler blowing bubbles
> >
> > all the banana bruises
> > have healed
> > on the fruitstand
> >
> > and the basketball players
> > let the little ones
> > shoot hoops
> > my friend is dead now
> > but a rainbow
> > is not out of the question
> >
> > spring in china -
> > washing dries on
> > every balcony and window
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Andrew
> > http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
> > http://www.inblogs.net/hispirits
> > http://www.flickr.com/photos/aburke/
> >
> >
> Douglas Barbour
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>
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>
> Readers -- what are they? My books
> proliferate and are as if they never were.
>
> Cid Corman
>
--
Andrew
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