Yeah, I agree Andrew.
The rhymes at first catch the comedy of it all, then disappear for awhile, perhaps necessarily, but...
Doug
On 2013-06-26, at 12:24 AM, Andrew Burke <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Like all except the brackets, Max. Try it without them - it flows nicely.
> But there again, I'm a little against brackets in general. What do others
> think? Andrew (three hours out of Melbourne)
>
>
> On 26 June 2013 13:03, Max Richards <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> When you get back,
>> Melbourne seems slack,
>>
>> quiet, small, slow,
>> no get-up-and-go.
>>
>> Just as well -
>> three weeks in Seoul,
>>
>> and its city smog
>> was in my lungs -
>>
>> our winter fog
>> only hangs
>>
>> here till noon.
>> Then crisp sun
>>
>> shines through clear air
>> and I'm glad to be here
>>
>> rather than in Korea
>> when the monsoon
>>
>> is coming on
>> and umbrellas
>>
>> (against showers)
>> replace parasols
>>
>> (against sudden swoon-
>> ing at the sunstroke of noon).
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Andrew
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