I like 'blop' - it reminds me of a note played by a baritone saxophone
under water! Andrew
On 29 September 2012 06:40, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Thanks, Doug, Max, Jill, Andrew, Pat. Blop seemed to describe the splayed
> squat position as seen from a
> hurtling TGV. Plop would have sounded too slight I thought. To blop you
> need weight.
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> On Sat, Sep 29th, 2012 at 12:54 AM, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]>
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> > Joining general praise, & query about 'blop'...
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> > Doug
> > On 2012-09-28, at 4:15 AM, Patrick McManus <
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> > > Very cowy Bill what's blop? And we get two blops cheers P
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> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
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> > > Behalf Of Bill Wootton
> > > Sent: 27 September 2012 17:21
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> > > Subject: snap eurolate
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> > > White cattle blop,
> > > occupying ground,
> > > spreading out and inhabiting,
> > > creating flopped-down shade,
> > > tails whisking independently
> > > like flicking random whips
> > > from their dead weight blop positions.
> > > Still a sense of mooching;
> > > they must be aware of their
> > > fellows, similarly splayed.
> > > Overturned milk runs only so far
> > > before arresting itself;
> > > these white cows are edged,
> > > stretched skin gaunting
> > > on angular bones,
> > > indifferent massive heads
> > > turning, gazing
> > > from spilt milk torsos.
> > >
> > > Bill Wootton
> > > 27.9.12
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