Yes, I suppose it is a bit bald, essay-like, Doug. It just came out as a blurt mainly. Any clues on how to make it dance will be appreciated.
Bill
On 01/08/2013, at 1:25 AM, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Yes, I get that, feel it too.
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> But it feels more essay, self-questioning...?
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> Doug
> On 2013-07-31, at 3:13 AM, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> Bill thanks -got that feeling of being uneasy embarrassed wanting and
>> watching others
>> P
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
>> Behalf Of Bill Wootton
>> Sent: 30 July 2013 23:14
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Say it loud and say it clear
>>
>> Say it loud and say it clear
>>
>> 'Refugees are welcome here!'
>> My contributory voice was neither loud
>> nor particularly clear, more desultory
>> if I'm honest, even if I was there pounding
>> the streets of Melbourne to join with those
>> who feel outraged by what is being
>> proclaimed in our names about seekers
>> arriving by boat. The so-called New
>> Guinea Solution. Refugees will no longer be
>> settled in Australia even if found to be genuine.
>>
>> Maybe it is the idea of 'led' chanting,
>> maybe I'm uncomfortable with opening
>> my mouth full wide in public; unwilling
>> to be so publicly vociferous.
>> Yet it hasn't ever bothered me
>> at the football, where I roar
>> for the Magpies, lambast
>> physical shirkers on the field
>> and cheer accuracy and effort.
>> So why the political recalcitrance?
>>
>> One neat-bearded marcher, lithe
>> of limb, never broke stride as he
>> exhorted us all to Say It Loud And
>> Say It Clear in perfectly enunciated
>> tones so it sounded like a fresh call
>> each time and not a mindless
>> chant. No hint of sing-song.
>> An honest urging to vocalise
>> and to be sure about it, so all on-
>> lookers would know. From where,
>> I muse, does that, all that
>> clear-eyed assurance spring?
>>
>> bw
>> 30.7.13
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