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
> > > >
> > >
> >
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