i hadn't thought of dropping the 'a's' Doug so your suggestion made me
stand back and think, as it were. I suspect it would make the thing sound a
bit 'Northern' - it's a Midlands voice after all - like mine - which is
essentially a dopey dozy rural accent hit on the head with a shovel by the
Industrial Revolution :)
On 6 January 2013 00:00, POETRYETC automatic digest system <
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> There are 5 messages totaling 324 lines in this issue.
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> Topics of the day:
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> 1. Gibberoom (2)
> 2. snap: time for tea (3)
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>
> Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2013 02:46:14 +0000
> From: David Bircumshaw <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Gibberoom
>
> (Acocks Green, for those who don't know it, is a former village, and a
> rather urban suburb of Birmingham, not far from where Tolkien grew up, and
> within hearing distance of the now past car factories)
>
> the Long Man of Acocks Green
> a spanner in one hand
>
> and in the other:
>
> a redundancy notice a wishful
> penis a bacon sarnie a season
> ticket for Aston Villa some
> wilting plastic flowers a pint
> for her and a half for him
> the natural waking daily
> ego mirror the last soliloquy
> of an external angler
>
> --
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>
> Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2013 11:31:28 +0000
> From: Lawrence Upton <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: snap: time for tea
>
>
>
> Well, I await your report with great anticipation: I had a
> sleepless
> night; but now I am up and about I can distract myself. I have to say
> that, to me, today looks much like yesterday, except that I am in a
> different area of Glondon..
>
> L
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Poetryetc: poetry and poetics"
> To:
> Cc:
> Sent:Fri, 4 Jan 2013 18:42:12 -0000
> Subject:Re: snap: time for tea
>
> L I am feeling a bit like a spectral gargoyle today myself I was a
> special gargoyle yesterday wondering about tomorrow?? Will report back
> to your splendid self
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Lawrence Upton
> Sent: 04 January 2013 18:30
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: snap: time for tea
>
> something in that region, yes
>
> L
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Poetryetc: poetry and poetics"
> To:
> Cc:
> Sent:Fri, 4 Jan 2013 06:40:05 +1100
> Subject:Re: snap: time for tea
>
> ah, nth, then.
>
> B
>
> On 04/01/2013, at 3:51 AM, Lawrence Upton wrote:
>
> > to the degree that it is like two hands drumming on mahogany of >
> delight > > L > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Poetryetc:
> poetry and poetics"
> > To:
> > Cc:
> > Sent:Thu, 3 Jan 2013 10:03:53 +1100
> > Subject:Re: snap: time for tea
> >
> > Is the sound of emptiness crumpling anything like one-handed >
> applause, Lawrence?
> >
> > Bill
> >
> > On 03/01/2013, at 12:29 AM, Lawrence Upton wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> push scraps further
> >>
> >> with mute apology
> >>
> >> to reach quiet
> >>
> >> a maunder of pallid utterance
> >>
> >> desiring euphoria
> >>
> >> or servicing catastrophe
> >>
> >> spectral gargoyles
> >>
> >> distorting and swallowing
> >>
> >> gripping entrancement
> >>
> >> preparing a strong face
> >>
> >> for giddiness breaking
> >>
> >> closeness and monotony
> >>
> >> obscuration by wraiths
> >>
> >> a mahogany of delight
> >>
> >> we are experiencing
> >>
> >> he said but not aloud
> >>
> >> emptiness crumpled in his hands
> >
> >
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2013 09:31:35 -0700
> From: Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Gibberoom
>
> I like it but am tempted to drop the 'a's, David.
>
> Doug
> On 2013-01-04, at 7:46 PM, David Bircumshaw <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> > (Acocks Green, for those who don't know it, is a former village, and a
> > rather urban suburb of Birmingham, not far from where Tolkien grew up,
> and
> > within hearing distance of the now past car factories)
> >
> > the Long Man of Acocks Green
> > a spanner in one hand
> >
> > and in the other:
> >
> > a redundancy notice a wishful
> > penis a bacon sarnie a season
> > ticket for Aston Villa some
> > wilting plastic flowers a pint
> > for her and a half for him
> > the natural waking daily
> > ego mirror the last soliloquy
> > of an external angler
> >
> > --
> > David Joseph Bircumshaw
> > **
> > Website and A Chide's Alphabet
> > http://www.staplednapkin.org.uk
> > The Animal Subsides http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html
> > Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/david.bircumshaw
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> >
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> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2013 17:34:26 -0000
> From: Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: snap: time for tea
>
> Lawrence 'Glondon' sounds terrible sounds a bit like Scotland are there
> deer there and wild Burns?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of Lawrence Upton
> Sent: 05 January 2013 11:31
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: snap: time for tea
>
>
>
> Well, I await your report with great anticipation: I had a
> sleepless night; but now I am up and about I can distract myself. I have to
> say that, to me, today looks much like yesterday, except that I am in a
> different area of Glondon..
>
> L
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Poetryetc: poetry and poetics"
> To:
> Cc:
> Sent:Fri, 4 Jan 2013 18:42:12 -0000
> Subject:Re: snap: time for tea
>
> L I am feeling a bit like a spectral gargoyle today myself I was a
> special gargoyle yesterday wondering about tomorrow?? Will report back to
> your splendid self
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of Lawrence Upton
> Sent: 04 January 2013 18:30
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: snap: time for tea
>
> something in that region, yes
>
> L
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Poetryetc: poetry and poetics"
> To:
> Cc:
> Sent:Fri, 4 Jan 2013 06:40:05 +1100
> Subject:Re: snap: time for tea
>
> ah, nth, then.
>
> B
>
> On 04/01/2013, at 3:51 AM, Lawrence Upton wrote:
>
> > to the degree that it is like two hands drumming on mahogany of >
> delight > > L > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Poetryetc:
> poetry and poetics"
> > To:
> > Cc:
> > Sent:Thu, 3 Jan 2013 10:03:53 +1100
> > Subject:Re: snap: time for tea
> >
> > Is the sound of emptiness crumpling anything like one-handed >
> applause, Lawrence?
> >
> > Bill
> >
> > On 03/01/2013, at 12:29 AM, Lawrence Upton wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> push scraps further
> >>
> >> with mute apology
> >>
> >> to reach quiet
> >>
> >> a maunder of pallid utterance
> >>
> >> desiring euphoria
> >>
> >> or servicing catastrophe
> >>
> >> spectral gargoyles
> >>
> >> distorting and swallowing
> >>
> >> gripping entrancement
> >>
> >> preparing a strong face
> >>
> >> for giddiness breaking
> >>
> >> closeness and monotony
> >>
> >> obscuration by wraiths
> >>
> >> a mahogany of delight
> >>
> >> we are experiencing
> >>
> >> he said but not aloud
> >>
> >> emptiness crumpled in his hands
> >
> >
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2013 18:03:21 +0000
> From: Lawrence Upton <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: snap: time for tea
>
>
>
> Everything is dear in Glondon and little of it ever burns
>
> spectral gargoyles everywhere
>
> but as to Scotland I do not agree
>
> at the risk of sounding clichéd, some of my best friends are
> Scottish
>
> Lawrence
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Poetryetc: poetry and poetics"
> To:
> Cc:
> Sent:Sat, 5 Jan 2013 17:34:26 -0000
> Subject:Re: snap: time for tea
>
> Lawrence 'Glondon' sounds terrible sounds a bit like Scotland are
> there deer there and wild Burns?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Lawrence Upton
> Sent: 05 January 2013 11:31
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: snap: time for tea
>
> Well, I await your report with great anticipation: I had a sleepless
> night; but now I am up and about I can distract myself. I have to say
> that, to me, today looks much like yesterday, except that I am in a
> different area of Glondon.
>
> L
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Poetryetc: poetry and poetics"
> To:
> Cc:
> Sent:Fri, 4 Jan 2013 18:42:12 -0000
> Subject:Re: snap: time for tea
>
> L I am feeling a bit like a spectral gargoyle today myself I was a
> special gargoyle yesterday wondering about tomorrow?? Will report back
> to your splendid self
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Lawrence Upton
> Sent: 04 January 2013 18:30
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: snap: time for tea
>
> something in that region, yes
>
> L
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Poetryetc: poetry and poetics"
> To:
> Cc:
> Sent:Fri, 4 Jan 2013 06:40:05 +1100
> Subject:Re: snap: time for tea
>
> ah, nth, then.
>
> B
>
> On 04/01/2013, at 3:51 AM, Lawrence Upton wrote:
>
> > to the degree that it is like two hands drumming on mahogany of >
> delight > > L > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Poetryetc:
> poetry and poetics"
> > To:
> > Cc:
> > Sent:Thu, 3 Jan 2013 10:03:53 +1100
> > Subject:Re: snap: time for tea
> >
> > Is the sound of emptiness crumpling anything like one-handed >
> applause, Lawrence?
> >
> > Bill
> >
> > On 03/01/2013, at 12:29 AM, Lawrence Upton wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> push scraps further
> >>
> >> with mute apology
> >>
> >> to reach quiet
> >>
> >> a maunder of pallid utterance
> >>
> >> desiring euphoria
> >>
> >> or servicing catastrophe
> >>
> >> spectral gargoyles
> >>
> >> distorting and swallowing
> >>
> >> gripping entrancement
> >>
> >> preparing a strong face
> >>
> >> for giddiness breaking
> >>
> >> closeness and monotony
> >>
> >> obscuration by wraiths
> >>
> >> a mahogany of delight
> >>
> >> we are experiencing
> >>
> >> he said but not aloud
> >>
> >> emptiness crumpled in his hands
> >
> >
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> End of POETRYETC Digest - 4 Jan 2013 to 5 Jan 2013 (#2013-6)
> ************************************************************
>
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David Joseph Bircumshaw
**
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http://www.staplednapkin.org.uk
The Animal Subsides http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/david.bircumshaw
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