Thanks, Andrew. We have Tarrant back from Freo but now he is to hang up his boots at season's end it was announced today. Boo hoo.
Cheers, Bill
On 22/08/2012, at 6:18 PM, Andrew Burke wrote:
> Good poem, Bill. Thanks, I enjoyed it, even if I'm a Dockers supporter.
> (Always go for the underdog.)
>
> Andrew
>
> On 22 August 2012 14:12, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Just one thing, Hal, an extra 't' required in my surname, so Wootton.
>> Otherwise, perfect. Thank you.
>>
>> Bill
>>
>> On 22/08/2012, at 9:19 AM, Halvard Johnson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>>> It's up, Bill (w/ correction). Let me know if anything's amiss.
>>> And thanks.
>>>
>>>
>>> Mastering this universe one Higgs boson at a time.
>>>
>>> Hal
>>>
>>> Halvard Johnson
>>> ================
>>>
>>> [log in to unmask]
>>>
>>> On Barcelona <http://onbarcelona.blogspot.com/> (submissions sought;
>> email
>>> to my address above)
>>> Truck: http://halvard-johnson.blogspot.mx/
>>> http://sites.google.com/site/halvardjohnson/Home
>>> http://entropyandme.blogspot.com
>>> http://imageswithoutwords.blogspot.com
>>> http://www.hamiltonstone.org
>>> <http://www.hamiltonstone.org/>
>> https://sites.google.com/site/vidalocabooks/
>>> <http://www.hamiltonstone.org/>
>>> Remains To Be Seen <https://sites.google.com/site/vidalocabooks/>*,
>> Remains
>>> To Be Seen (Vol. II) <https://sites.google.com/site/vidalocabooks/>,**
>> Remains
>>> To Be Seen (Vol. III) <https://sites.google.com/site/vidalocabooks/>,
>> *Sonnets
>>> from the Basque & Other Poems <
>> https://sites.google.com/site/vidalocabooks/>
>>> *, *Mainly Black <https://sites.google.com/site/vidalocabooks/>, *Obras
>>> Públicas <https://sites.google.com/site/vidalocabooks/>; **The
>> Perfection
>>> of Mozart's Third Eye and Other
>>> Sonnets<
>> http://www.scribd.com/doc/27039868/Halvard-Johnson-THE-PERFECTION-OF-MOZART-S-THIRD-EYE-Other-Sonnets
>>>
>>> ; **Organ Harvest with Entrance of
>>> Clones<
>> http://www.amazon.com/Harvest-Entrance-Clones-Halvard-Johnson/dp/0965404390/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1283182804&sr=8-1
>>>
>>> ; **Tango Bouquet <https://sites.google.com/site/vidalocabooks/>;
>> **Theory
>>> of Harmony<
>> https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://xpressed.wippiespace.com/fall04/theory1.pdf
>>>
>>> ; **Rapsodie espagnole<
>> https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://xpressed.wippiespace.com/rapsodi.pdf
>>>
>>> ; **Guide to the Tokyo
>>> Subway<
>> http://www.amazon.com/Guide-Tokyo-Subway-Other-Poems/dp/0971487316/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1283183153&sr=1-3
>>>
>>> ; **The Sonnet Project<
>> https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://xpressed.wippiespace.com/hsonnet.pdf
>>>
>>> ; **G(e)nome <http://xpressed.wippiespace.com/fall03/genome.pdf>;
>> **Winter
>>> Journey <http://capa.conncoll.edu/johnson.winter.html>;
>>> **Eclipse<http://capa.conncoll.edu/johnson.eclipse.html>
>>> ; **The Dance of the Red Swan <
>> http://capa.conncoll.edu/johnson.dance.html>
>>> ; **Transparencies & Projections<
>> http://capa.conncoll.edu/johnson.transp.html>
>>> *
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 4:43 PM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Song Cycle of The Magpies
>>>>
>>>> - after The Wonguri-Mandjagai people from north-eastern Arnhem Land
>>>>
>>>> They are milling about at the G, on benches, in bars, along the back of
>>>> the Great Southern
>>>> stand.
>>>> Milling about in wavering lines, there in the shade of the Great
>>>> Overhanging Roof.
>>>> Standing and waiting for the bounce of the ball, in black and white
>>>> verticals, like
>>>> loosened upright piano keys:
>>>> In the shade of the overarching roof, they are standing, untuned.
>>>> People of the Carringbush, gathered there like rippling accordion
>>>> keyboards, like
>>>> vast splayed snakes.
>>>> In here, behind the Goals, in this Place, in the shadow of the Great
>>>> Overhanging Roof.
>>>> Now sitting in rows, those Carringbush people, Piano people, waiting for
>>>> the performance to begin.
>>>> Living on hot chips, sitting there with grease-grappled fingers,
>>>> Sitting in there waiting, those People of the Magpie Clan...
>>>> Sitting there like unplayed pianos, at that Place of the Leatherball...
>>>> and of the pig's
>>>> bladder entrails.
>>>> Sitting, waiting there in the Place of the Leatherball...
>>>> In that Place of the Centre Square, and at the Place of the Leatherball,
>>>> There at that Leather Stadium, they await... The Siren.
>>>>
>>>> Bill Wootton
>>>> 22 August 12
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>
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> Andrew
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