Got it, & all the comments, Patrick. Youre tuned (in, to, & on).
Doug
On Jan 8, 2014, at 6:07 AM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> ... or they're waiting till you're fully tuned, P
>
> B
>
>> On 9 Jan 2014, at 12:00 am, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>> Bill thanks this is the first to arrive here !!!!! maybe it's some
>> conspiracy bar the McManus??
>> P barred
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
>> Behalf Of Bill Wootton
>> Sent: 08 January 2014 12:15
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: pat snaps 609 %/%/%/%/%/%/ Wednesday, 08 January 2014
>>
>> Pat,
>>
>> I got your post four times. It is well tuned up all right. The first is one
>> of your best. Despite all those missing or bodgy things, good to hear of new
>> readiness. Hope your end pin pulls through.
>>
>> Take it the pause in The Present was not a pregnant one.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Bill
>>
>>
>>
>>>> On 8 Jan 2014, at 8:52 pm, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> See if this posts-not coming through P:-(
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Patrick McManus [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>>> Sent: 08 January 2014 08:59
>>> To: 'Poetryetc: poetry and poetics'
>>> Subject: pat snaps 609 %/%/%/%/%/%/ Wednesday, 08 January 2014
>>>
>>> Couple of seasonal snaps from Raynes Park
>>>
>>> TUNING UP
>>>
>>> after
>>> carefully
>>> tuning up
>>> my guitar
>>> I have decided
>>> to tune up
>>> for the new year
>>> my whole life
>>> but find that
>>> many of
>>> my strings
>>> are missing
>>> frets wobbling
>>> nut bent
>>> saddled splintered
>>> sound hole gaping
>>> neck warped
>>> tuning keys skewed
>>> bridge shattered
>>> pick guard flapping
>>> and as for my
>>> poor body
>>> top pitted
>>> full of worm
>>> it's cracked
>>> sides splitting
>>> and who knows
>>> what's happening
>>> to my end pin!
>>>
>>> pmcmanus
>>> r436
>>>
>>>
>>> THE PRESENT
>>>
>>> when she
>>> gave him
>>> the present
>>> of the packet
>>> labelled
>>> 'one hundred
>>> and twenty five
>>> assorted screws'
>>> he paused
>>> slightly before
>>> thanking her
>>>
>>>
>>> pmcmanus
>>> r442
>>
>
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