Well death remains slyly apart so long as you can hear…
And the poem itself moves like that wind to catch us off guard…
Doug
(who stayed offline for the day)
On Dec 24, 2013, at 2:47 PM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Yes, not particularly cheery, Pat, unless you mean perhaps just one more delay after sly death comes calling. I
> like the neat structure and imagery, L.
>
> B
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> On Wed, Dec 25th, 2013 at 2:49 AM, Lawrence Upton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> Thank you, Patrick. I hadn't thought of it as cheery, but that's ok
>>
>>
>> On 24 December 2013 15:25, Patrick McManus
>> <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
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>>> L very cheery and seasonally P slyly
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>> On
>>> Behalf Of Lawrence Upton
>>> Sent: 24 December 2013 14:47
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>> Subject: Tomorrow's poem today
>>>
>>> *Before any bird this morning *by Richard Kessling & Lawrence Upton
>>>
>>>
>>> Before any bird this morning, I heard
>>>
>>> the wind; then, perhaps a minute later,
>>>
>>>
>>> trees moved. Separate yet bound , like sharp lightning
>>>
>>> and its pursuing thunder. So I'd thought.
>>>
>>>
>>> Some days ago, those bright flashes were clear;
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>>> yet no sound followed. Death comes on slyly.
>>>
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>>
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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
godamnit
And I want to hear it
C.D.Wright
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