Thank you Doug. That 'as if' was where I was aiming with my wee bauble.
best
dave
On 15 January 2014 16:53, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I like the 'as if' of it all, David...
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> Doug
> On Jan 15, 2014, at 3:37 AM, David Bircumshaw <[log in to unmask]>
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> > Haven't done one of these for a while, so here's a little exercise:
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> > All night the rain has argued with the wind.
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> > A balloon turns at its mooring, as if adrift
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> > In the hushed pillowed weather of my head.
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> > Our foxes hide as the dawn’s throats wake.
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> > David Joseph Bircumshaw
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David Joseph Bircumshaw
Website and A Chide's Alphabet
http://www.staplednapkin.org.uk
The Animal Subsides http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html
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Leicester Poetry Society: http://www.poetryleicester.com
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