Is "bush", as used here,a euphemism for anything? L
On 27 December 2013 09:41, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
> Is there much bush in Melbourne :-)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of Bill Wootton
> Sent: 26 December 2013 21:06
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Diamonds
>
> Not their youth so much as their continuing daily existence, Doug.
>
> Welcome back,
> Bill
>
> > On 27 Dec 2013, at 5:52 am, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> >
> > A kind of bush ballad for your parents.Bill? Back to their youth?
> >
> > Doug
> >> On Dec 25, 2013, at 4:58 AM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Me actually, Pat. Perhaps your message was scra m bled.
> >>
> >> Bill
> >>
> >>> On 25/12/2013, at 9:11 PM, Patrick McManus wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Max thanks -Scrabble is a great test for partners -how to lose now
> >>> and then convincingly -though recently less of a problem P of fading
> >>> words fad wor
> >>>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics
> >>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Bill Wootton
> >>> Sent: 24 December 2013 21:43
> >>> To: [log in to unmask]
> >>> Subject: Diamonds
> >>>
> >>> Diamonds
> >>>
> >>> When two get together,
> >>> there's yang and there's yin.
> >>> That's certainly the case
> >>> with Laurel and Jim.
> >>>
> >>> Dad's a prac man
> >>> who fixes and fits.
> >>> Mum reads her fiction
> >>> when time permits.
> >>>
> >>> Mum's keen on the footy,
> >>> loyal to the Tiges.
> >>> Dad tips against them
> >>> But that's no surprise.
> >>>
> >>> Dad's scared of onions,
> >>> Mum likes hot spice.
> >>> Dad's meat and three veg
> >>> Mum's curry and rice.
> >>>
> >>> Mum likes her film stars
> >>> From Brando to Newman.
> >>> Dad'd rather do the crossword
> >>> to make him feel human.
> >>>
> >>> But for sixty years now,
> >>> they've been brooks that babble
> >>> Just don't come between them
> >>> when they settle to Scrabble.
> >
> > Douglas Barbour
> > [log in to unmask]
> >
> > 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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