Yes, I found the move from public to private, all political, worked well here, Sharon, & those shifts (& the 'we')…
Doug
On 2013-08-19, at 9:49 PM, Max Richards <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Yes, and continually surprising to the fraught ending.
> Ponder a sequel, Sharon…
> hoping it has good news.
>
> Max
>
> On 20/08/2013, at 11:31 AM, Andrew Burke wrote:
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>> Great lil poem, Sharon. A major story told in a small space - just right.
>> Thanks. Andrew
>>
>>
>> On 20 August 2013 09:48, sharon brogan <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>>> Ashes fall from a hot,
>>>
>>> clear sky. Bear Mountain
>>>
>>> burns, and we taste it.
>>>
>>> The only smell is forest-
>>>
>>> on-fire.
>>>
>>> Another neighborhood
>>>
>>> is evacuated. Police,
>>>
>>> hazmat, and federal agents
>>>
>>> search for explosives. These
>>>
>>> stories are unrelated.
>>>
>>> This is a small town. Strangers
>>>
>>> nod when they pass on the street.
>>>
>>> Cars stop for pedestrians. Doctors
>>>
>>> are kind. Two more days until
>>>
>>> the surgeon cuts her open.
>>>
>>> Then we’ll know.
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> sharon brogan
>>> http://www.sbpoet.com
>>> http://www.sbpoet.net
>>> http://smallpoems.sbpoet.net
>>> 406.578.1788
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Andrew
>> http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
>> 'Undercover of Lightness'
>> http://walleahpress.com.au/recent-publications.html
>> 'Shikibu Shuffle'
>> http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/new-from-aboveground-press-shikibu.html
>
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
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And I want to hear it
C.D.Wright
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