Thanks Doug. Would the impression of sharp observation be enhanced if
I mention that apart from a slight rain having stopped I saw none of
it? Just imagined.
Changed lines four and five to:
nor two secretaries dragging
quick smokes on breaks
On 02/04/2008, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 'arm's length,' but really closely observed, David. SHarp.
>
> Doug
>
> On 2-Apr-08, at 7:29 AM, David Bircumshaw wrote:
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> > The rain gone, the snow.
> > But not the hooded boy slapping
> > an empty warehouse wall
> > nor the two secretaries dragging
> > quick fags on their breaks
> >
> > looking down the long lens
> > at an arm's length day.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Welford Rd, Leicester, about noon.
> >
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> > David Bircumshaw
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> > Leicester Poetry Society:
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> >
> >
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> Douglas Barbour
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> to rid me of
> the ugh in
> thought
> i spell anew
> weave the world
> out of the or
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David Bircumshaw
Website and A Chide's Alphabet http://homepage.ntlworld.com/david.bircumshaw/
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Leicester Poetry Society: http://www.poetryleicester.co.uk
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