thanks, doug, yes, i didn't want to write an anecdote. Although a different
poem about place-names was tempting, but there would be a danger of turning
into an Edward Thomas walk down a country lane. Yet Twyford, Cold Overton,
Burton Lazars etc
2009/9/9 Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]>
> mostly short shorts this week? & taut one too...
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> Doug
>
> On 9-Sep-09, at 12:18 PM, David Bircumshaw wrote:
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> Burrough on the Hill
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>> banked high:
>> grazing, earthworks,
>> sheep, ramparts.
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>> --
>> David Bircumshaw
>> "A window./Big enough to hold screams/
>> You say are poems" - DMeltzer
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> Douglas Barbour
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> Latest books:
> Continuations (with Sheila E Murphy)
> http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?LID=41&bookID=664
> Wednesdays'
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> http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2008/03/new-from-aboveground-press_10.html
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> The poet’s only responsibility is to write fresh lines.
> Charles Olson
>
--
David Bircumshaw
"A window./Big enough to hold screams/
You say are poems" - DMeltzer
Website and A Chide's Alphabet
http://www.staplednapkin.org.uk
The Animal Subsides http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html
Leicester Poetry Society: http://www.poetryleicester.co.uk
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/david.bircumshaw
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