Ah patrick,
glad to know someone keeps his archives tidy, although the stones must be piled up halfway to
Wombledon by now. Btw apologies to Dylan Thomas for the poem. I had to sit down and justify the
references to the Rodent who was staying with us at the time.
Roger Collett
Arrowhead Press
http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/
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"Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality."
Jules de Gaultier
----- Original Message -----
From: "Patrick McManus" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2008 9:05 AM
Subject: FW: Poem for VB
> Ha!!
> Greets from VB
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Poetryetc provides a venue for a dialogue relating to poetry and
> poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Roger Collett
> Sent: 31 October 2005 23:28
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> Subject: Re: Poem for VB
>
> Another poem for VB
>
> The night envelops the town.
> Boris Cat sits on the step outside his room.
> Ah, my lovelies, you all ran wild
> around the alleys
> among the dustbins of outrageous leavings.
> Where are you now?
> Am I the only wild rover left in town?
>
> Roger
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joanna Boulter" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, October 31, 2005 10:59 PM
> Subject: Poem for VB
>
>
>> The Torn-Eared Cat's Jangle Waltz
>>
>> (for VB, DFC)
>>
>>
>> "There's no cat-flap
>> in the ball turret
>> of a Lancaster."
>>
>> Patrick told me that.
>> I believed him.
>> I always do.
>>
>> The flak rose among pillars of light.
>> It passed me by.
>> I am the cat who came through.
>>
>>
>> ROBIN HAMILTON, sending from Darlington
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