Well, I certainly saw something of myself in your poem, Max,. although my barber doesnt know me as well as yours does you.
& 'noontide' comes ever later now....
Doug
On 2011-12-06, at 5:32 PM, Max Richards wrote:
> If I wasn't under the thumb of a certain lady, Patrick, I'd avoid barbers also.
> To think of the books I might have afforded...
>
> A moment ago I decided my inbox showed emails weren't getting out, but I now see
> I have to scan it differently from before.
> Sorry about double posting, folks.
>
> In the heyday of Practical Criticism, my colleagues would use a neat sheet to
> confront students with: I Look into My Glass (Hardy), a Graves poem which noted
> his battered image in the mirror, and one by Ben Jonson, On My Picture Left in
> Scotland. These much neater lyrics of aging have been coming to mind since 1980
> or so. Hardy ends on his still having 'the throbbings of noontide'.
>
> M
>
> Quoting Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]>:
>
>> Max made me wonder how much longer I will have any hair at all
>> Cheers Patrick
>> Ps I have been only one to a barber since 1965 learnt to cut my own -(gawd
>> they say!)
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
>> Behalf Of Max Richards
>> Sent: 06 December 2011 21:19
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>> Subject: snap: in the mirror
>>
>> In the Mirror
>>
>>
>> When young, I must have stared
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