There's no good using that kind of language; but I know what you mean. My
friend and colleague Clive Fencott used to pronounce the word - knowingly
- past oral
I do concede "a bit"
L
On 8 January 2014 16:42, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Pastoral, Lawrence, & gentle so. I think youll need something to replace
> 'a bit' should you drop that phrase.
>
> Doug
> On Jan 8, 2014, at 9:01 AM, Lawrence Upton <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> > OK.
> > Thanks.
> > More precisely I think it works to a degree but nowhere to the degree
> that
> > it might
> >
> > L
> >
> >
> > On 8 January 2014 15:55, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]
> >wrote:
> >
> >> Dear L ducks at least it worked for me cheers P humbly
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On
> >> Behalf Of Lawrence Upton
> >> Sent: 08 January 2014 15:04
> >> To: [log in to unmask]
> >> Subject: Re: ducks
> >>
> >> That's what I was aiming for. I don't think it worked
> >>
> >> L
> >>
> >>
> >> On 8 January 2014 08:42, Patrick McManus
> >> <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
> >>
> >>> I liked the way bit was used at the end because to me it showed nicely
> >>> the 'cool' of the ducks Cheers unca P
> >>>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> >>> On Behalf Of Kasper Salonen
> >>> Sent: 07 January 2014 20:02
> >>> To: [log in to unmask]
> >>> Subject: Re: ducks
> >>>
> >>> I thought "reaching" was "reading", and was delighted. It's a
> >>> delightful moment in general. "... a bit" at the end is flaccid, but
> >>> otherwise this is vivid.
> >>>
> >>> KS
> >>>
> >>> ---
> >>> Kasper Salonen, toiminnanjohtaja
> >>> Helsinki Poetry Connection
> >>> http://hkipoetryconnection.blogspot.com/
> >>> +358505554947
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On 7 January 2014 20:40, Lawrence Upton <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> If it weren't for the stuffing and roasting and having your eggs
> >>>> nicked I wouldnt mind being a duck. Better than a chicken.
> >>>> A very big duck.
> >>>> Like the ten foot parrot who says: Whose a pretty boy?
> >>>> I wonder if anyone knows a story by Herbert George Wells --
> >>>> Aepyornis Island
> >>>>
> >>>> Must go
> >>>> thanks, Patrick
> >>>>
> >>>> L
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On 7 January 2014 18:36, Patrick McManus
> >>>> <[log in to unmask]
> >>>>> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> L enjoyed that the Ducks just moved away a bit!
> >>>>> P paddling fast
> >>>>>
> >>>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>>> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics
> >>>>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Lawrence Upton
> >>>>> Sent: 07 January 2014 18:09
> >>>>> To: [log in to unmask]
> >>>>> Subject: ducks
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Ducks toil upon a calm ocean,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> working to stay in place; even
> >>>>>
> >>>>> veering, apparently serene,
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> their paddling feet invisible,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> as the dog approaches, reaching
> >>>>>
> >>>>> some tidally-exposed boulders,
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> clambering with loud snorts, panting.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Gulls hang on almost till the last,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> then wheel and screech down at her back.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Noisy fish break through the water.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> The ducks keep churning the water
> >>>>>
> >>>>> although moving away a bit.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Richard Kessling / Lawrence Upton
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>
> >
>
> Douglas Barbour
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