Jill, I like particularly the shag which shows its wingspan / to the wind. I see this.
Bill
On 07/02/2013, at 11:51 AM, Jill Jones <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Thanks Doug. Thanks Lawrence. It was a good place to write a few things - one piece far too long, and maybe not good enough, to post - but some smaller snaps may appear over next few weeks, unless I get immediately snapetty in amongst the semester start, which is upon me.
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> J
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> On 07/02/2013, at 2:23 AM, Douglas Barbour wrote:
>
>> Yes: wow, how that NZ shore affects the poetic response, Jill. We're there, perceiving with you...
>>
>> Doug
>> On 2013-02-06, at 3:15 AM, Lawrence Upton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Now that is good
>>>
>>> L
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Poetryetc: poetry and poetics"
>>> To:
>>> Cc:
>>> Sent:Wed, 6 Feb 2013 19:48:36 +1030
>>> Subject:snap: grey and warm
>>>
>>> Grey and Warm
>>>
>>> walking towards the white
>>>
>>> late morning
>>>
>>> open a curtain
>>>
>>> there is another curtain
>>>
>>> this ancient weather
>>>
>>> it is today’s
>>>
>>> the fog speaks
>>>
>>> with heron noise
>>>
>>> shadows gathering
>>>
>>> sand worms or shells
>>>
>>> the worms scribe
>>>
>>> through granules
>>>
>>> three ducks fly
>>>
>>> like three ducks flying
>>>
>>> up a blue wall
>>>
>>> then they turn back
>>>
>>> into the white
>>>
>>> twenty horses file past
>>>
>>> shrouded opposite here
>>>
>>> away from the lagoon
>>>
>>> mouth turn a corner
>>>
>>> of a dune
>>>
>>> who are these misty riders
>>>
>>> making up a school
>>>
>>> the godwits gather
>>>
>>> on a sandbar
>>>
>>> the oystercatchers
>>>
>>> come closer
>>>
>>> it is all about feeding
>>>
>>> and sifting
>>>
>>> surviving with
>>>
>>> water and air
>>>
>>> a four wheel drive
>>>
>>> shunting a dinghy
>>>
>>> from mooring to somewhere
>>>
>>> a shag shows its wingspan
>>>
>>> to the wind
>>>
>>> language and sign
>>>
>>> indistinguishable
>>>
>>> not decipherable
>>>
>>> apart from the usual
>>>
>>> guesswork
>>>
>>> what do gulls utter
>>>
>>> may or may not be
>>>
>>> obvious
>>>
>>> the sea fog does not
>>>
>>> lift all day
>>>
>>> which is grey and warm
>>>
>>> and continuous
>>
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