Means a lot to me, Doug. Thank you!
On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 1:11 PM, Douglas Barbour
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> as opposed to snaps, perhaps. but each one a sure 'catch,' Sheila.
>
> love the shift from 'diversion' to 'aversion' there, among others...
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> Doug
> On 2011-05-18, at 12:31 PM, Sheila Murphy wrote:
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> > 1/
> > stripes of morning
> > sliver across wood floor
> > dream lore makes
> > a fresh idea
> > warm strands of thought
> > turn things
> > into the substance
> > daylight
> >
> > 2/
> > snapdragons litter
> > the walk
> > I think the thumb
> > green with diversion
> > an aversion
> > to the dust
> >
> > 3/
> > Pomona dampness
> > loses trill
> > informal frisking equals
> > safety
> > just in time
> > a path to you and your departed
> > fractions in the light
> >
> > 4/
> > her on-screen autumn
> > view is mine
> > so few of us
> > limber enough
> > to resist the touch
> > of balustrade
> >
> > Sheila E. Murphy
> >
>
> Douglas Barbour
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> http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2008/03/new-from-aboveground-press_10.html
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> the poem, like the city, destroyed and built again
> and, here and there, remains of history
>
> Chus Pato (trans. Erin Mouré)
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