Not sure what that 'dingbat' ref was about, though, Bob???
On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 2:08 PM, Bob Grumman <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
> Gee, something to be nice about in this, my
> very first post to Poetryetc.: yes, terrific poem,
> and I agree (I hate to admit) with the dingbat
>
> who said:
>
>> I love this:
>>
>> "and the land goes soft
>> upon the thought
>> of land"
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Judy
>>
>> On 3 March 2010 10:46, Sheila Murphy <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> what lullaby resides within
>>> when wholly-owned sub-
>>> strata quicksandalwood
>>> a way through domiciles
>>> and commisaries and
>>> estate sales fathomed
>>> as a last
>>> endowed
>>> resort
>>>
>>> impervious to latitude although
>>> the longitude will
>>> remain among us
>>> now that our plain children
>>> cease to mollify
>>> mundanity while we project
>>> these tissues of importance
>>> that surround routine
>>>
>>> listen to the Dutch elm
>>> breeze shake childhood
>>> from familiar breezes
>>> (one speaks of porches
>>> in a handful of small
>>> conversations)
>>>
>>> and the land goes soft
>>> upon the thought
>>> of land, the hills
>>> beyond en-
>>> close us amid
>>> imagined space appearing
>>> gently to be modifying
>>> itself and others of us
>>> all across the acronyms
>>> for substances
>>> to be resisted
>>> or approached,
>>> abused some summer
>>>
>>> when the look of
>>> pavement holds heat
>>> for the duration, and a side
>>> of affection holds still,
>>> holds true,
>>> holds even water
>>> for the heart
>>> to mind the existential
>>> looking seeming sounding
>>> store of recollections
>>>
>>>
>>> sheila e. murphy
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> --Bob G.
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