okay okay although that human touch was also something entering some of Lawrence's versions...
but, well, but, maybe it just gets in the way....
Doug
On 2011-10-12, at 1:45 PM, Max Richards wrote:
> Ah yes - as I read, enjoying the visuals and the movement, I half said to myself
> Is this set off by Lawrence's rich recreation of environment? so it was a
> pleasure to read your p s, Doug, as well as your lines.
> Max
>
> Quoting Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]>:
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>> the prairies roll here
>> fields lift & fall
>> in long slow waves
>> we create driving through
>>
>> grey ribbon of road
>> stretches down & away
>> arrow straight till it rises
>> once more into a tunnel of trees
>>
>> the fields shades of brown
>> bundled turned black earth
>> trees a tartan evergreen
>> yellow tawny suddenly bright
>>
>> across this horizon tall space
>> traced by sun & cloud
>> a human geometry emerges
>>
>>
>>
>> (with a tip of the hat to Lawrence's recent landscapes)
>>
>>
>> Douglas Barbour
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