the repeated line?
Doug
On 2012-10-31, at 2:27 PM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> stanza 4, Doug? Maintain what? metre? meaning? tripey Joyce? Wasn't sure of the syllable count for 'desire'!
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> Cheers,
> Bill
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> On 01/11/2012, at 2:04 AM, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> A hard manner to get all that longing in, though perhaps the right one. What happened in stanza 4? I think you can find a way to maintain...
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>> Doug
>> On 2012-10-31, at 3:57 AM, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>>> Ah Bill all that longing
>>> cheers
>>> old mildewed P lounging
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>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
>>> Behalf Of Bill Wootton
>>> Sent: 30 October 2012 20:56
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>> Subject: Homesick Villanelle
>>>
>>> The thoughts here were summoned by a trip thirty years ago. My recent trip
>>> has me homesick for France and it's not my home.
>>>
>>> Homesick Villanelle
>>>
>>> How can a gum tree arouse such longing?
>>> Twin eucalyptus wafts cannon nosewards.
>>> In another land, there's no belonging.
>>>
>>> Hankering for the familiar, aching.
>>> It's a visceral thing, not in your head.
>>> How can a gum tree arouse such longing?
>>>
>>> Irish lips lift but eyes are not smiling.
>>> Plastic mattress protector on your bed.
>>> In another land, there's no belonging.
>>>
>>> A cavernous hole inside you yawning.
>>> On Bloomsday you will be offal offered.
>>> Your desire for the familiar, aching.
>>>
>>> Unannounced, a sudden sharp craving.
>>> Your Guinness tastes bitter, try wine instead.
>>> In another land, there's no belonging.
>>>
>>> Sense of ill placement, utterly wrenching.
>>> You'd give anything to escape this dread.
>>> How can a gum tree arouse such longing?
>>> In another land, there's no belonging.
>>>
>>>
>>> Bill Wootton
>>> 29.10.12=
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>> Douglas Barbour
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>> Wednesdays'
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Douglas Barbour
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Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations & Continuation 2 (UofAPress).
Recording Dates (Rubicon Press).
Something else is out there
godamnit
And I want to hear it
C.D.Wright
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