Thanks, Doug. See what you mean re the is's. No Tail, a Tall, slang for a ruckman.
Bill
On 12/09/2013, at 2:12 AM, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> All very well for those of you who know that game, Bill….
>
> What little Ive seen remains a mystery…
>
> BTW: I would remove all the 'is's, & then that strategy would involve that Tail (whatever he is)…
>
> Doug
> On 2013-09-11, at 6:15 AM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Melbourne Cricket Ground, home to Australian Rules footy, Pat, known to we locals as 'The G'. 'Rorting' sort of rowdy rioting I mean but I know it can mean ripping off.
>>
>> When the teams line up at finals time, they face each other in a long line, to sing the National anthem before proceedings begin. Collingwood in vertical black and white stripes, looked to me like a vast accordion splayed out, hence my conceit.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Bill
>>
>> On 11/09/2013, at 6:57 PM, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>>> Bill ---Rorting? A new word for this ancient head! MCG Melbourne Cricket
>>> Ground? My guess knowing your whereabouts
>>> MCG Jazz? Museums Computer Group? :-) cheers P having around 10 writers
>>> around toniht for a workshop/chat/come what may my one social effort!!
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>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
>>> Behalf Of Bill Wootton
>>> Sent: 10 September 2013 23:50
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>> Subject: Movement in G Major snap
>>>
>>> Movement in G Major
>>>
>>> There's a stillness at the stadium before the siren sounds;
>>> black keys next to white keys: your eyes run up and down.
>>> After the anthem, cheering, and this is now the sign:
>>> the instrument unfurls itself, peels off the centre line.
>>>
>>> The bounce announces play time, a strategy is picked.
>>> A Tall taps to a rover, who with a flourish, forward flicks;
>>> expertise is stretched out; see those vast and potent wings,
>>> next comes the crunch and inward squeeze, a full regathering.
>>>
>>> Rippling rorting whites and blacks belt out the melody.
>>> Where else could such a show go on but at the MCG?
>>> All the stops are pulled out in the final stanza -
>>> Hooray the keyboard Collingwood extrava-bloody-ganza!
>>>
>>> bw
>>> 11.9.13
>
> Douglas Barbour
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> Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations & Continuation 2 (UofAPress).
> Recording Dates (Rubicon Press).
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> Something else is out there
> godamnit
>
> And I want to hear it
>
> C.D.Wright
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