I recognise myself in this, so therefore I like it ... Is that valid
criticism or pallid narcissism?
Andrew
On 12 March 2015 at 09:48, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> Bill you will soon be oomphing again maybe
> oooooooooooophinggggggggggggggggggg!
> Cheers P
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of Bill Wootton
> Sent: 11 March 2015 22:17
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Retirement
>
> Thanks, Doug and Pat. As you both say, a bit comic, a bit sad. Ran out of
> oomph this week.
>
> Bill
>
>
> > On 12 Mar 2015, at 2:42 am, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> >
> > Ah, to whom it this addressed, eh, Bill?
> >
> > Starts a bit comic & then�.
> >
> > Doug
> >> On Mar 10, 2015, at 3:29 PM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Retirement
> >>
> >> He was born for this.
> >> Been retiring his whole life.
> >> Withdrawing from expectations,
> >> impositions.
> >>
> >> Not averse to company
> >> but reluctant to join,
> >> to step up.
> >> Content to kick back.
> >>
> >> Opportunities rarely seized,
> >> regrets unformed.
> >> Days open up just wide
> >> enough thank you.
> >>
> >> But then ...
> >> No, there is no
> >> but
> >> then.
> >>
> >> bw
> >
> > Douglas Barbour
> > [log in to unmask]
> >
> > Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations & Continuation
> 2 (UofAPress).
> > Recording Dates (Rubicon Press).
> >
> > There is no life that does not rise
> > melodic from scales of the marvelous.
> >
> > To which our grief refers.
> >
> > Robert Duncan.
> >
>
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Andrew
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