Ah, well, he wasnt necessarily thinking of comic verse, Bill...
Doug
On Jan 14, 2014, at 3:23 PM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Thanks Doug for Pound advice. You will see I have not read enough this week to abide by his precepts,
> reverting to a metronomic ditty.
>
>
>
> The Teaching Game
>
> Be in it younguns
> Enable those minds
> Don't give me grief
> Don't touch those blinds
>
> It's the good oil I offer
> Just let me tell
> I'll give you the secret
> Grant you a spell
>
> But shooshing you up
> shakes so much of my sass
> that rather than pearls
> I feed you molass
>
> es
>
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