different kind of moil
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On 18 December 2013 15:01, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
> Me dear dad-moiling
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of Lawrence Upton
> Sent: 18 December 2013 13:10
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: walking the cliffs at Ogo Dour
>
> did not sit comfortably with what, dear boy?
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> On 18 December 2013 12:56, Patrick McManus
> <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
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> > L thanks lively for me -moiled did not seem to sit comfortably (for
> > me!!)??
> > P
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> > On Behalf Of Lawrence Upton
> > Sent: 18 December 2013 11:02
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: walking the cliffs at Ogo Dour
> >
> > white out at some distance
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> > grey-green nearer
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> > the stubble-below cliffs
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> > a cliff top pool
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> > a temporary thing of rain
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> > wonderfully blustered
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> > we look in
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> > leaning away from the edge
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> > being pushed to
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> > seeking life
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> > some dirt or something
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> > but there is none
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> > only the moiled clay soil
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> > at its base
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> > a stonechat dashes
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> > from grasses out into sea sky
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> > returning sharply
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