Mine is at the moment without ink, & probably complaining just as much…
Only a few of us left who write first & then type, Patrick (I believe)….
Doug
On Nov 26, 2014, at 2:08 AM, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Cheers Bill keep a look out for the lonelybpen maybe at a poetry event !!!
> Yes ink/biro first for me am too slow a typist for keyboarding:-)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of Bill Wootton
> Sent: 26 November 2014 08:41
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: pat snap yes another one! 655 _"^*+-_ "^*+-_ "^*+-_
>
> Ah, so, Pat, can we presume that your works are transcribed from pen and ink
> to keyboard characters? Looking forward to Poet's Pen's Revenge.
>
> Bill
>
>
>> On 26 Nov 2014, at 7:11 pm, Patrick McManus
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>> POET'S PEN
>>
>> I am his pen
>> a fine old
>> trusty stainless
>> steel nibbed
>> faithful workhorse
>> I write all his poems
>> but does he care?
>> do I get a thanks?
>> no he let's me run out!
>> then gets in a state
>> never cleans my nib
>> never cares for me
>> I try to correct
>> his worse failings
>> don't talk to me
>> about his grammar
>> appalling spelling
>> and all the rest
>> I never blot
>> have never blotted
>> even when shaken
>> in his vile temper
>> I've had enough!
>> I just feel like
>> leaving myself
>> behind at one of
>> his interminable
>> boring tedious
>> poetry workshops
>> someone might
>> pick me up!
>> take me home!
>> appreciate!
>> cherish!
>> love me!
>>
>>
>> pmcmanus
>> r637
>>
>
Douglas Barbour
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