Thanks, Doug. Yes, it doesn't take much for the fanning to be threatening but for the moment, we'll take the invisible bask.
Bill
> On 20 Aug 2015, at 1:36 am, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> So very Aussie, to those of us slowly falling into, well, Fall.
>
> Just afraid that those winds will fan fires…
>
> But, yes, catches the upbeat…
>
> Doug
>> On Aug 18, 2015, at 3:36 PM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> Here it comes ...
>> the very ground thrums
>> as if ready to burst
>> from below.
>>
>> Dormancy retreats
>> as grass blades pulse,
>> ready to assert
>> dominance over clay.
>>
>> Winds fan
>> rather than chill.
>> Bees lurk,
>> petals provide.
>>
>> Wattle frizz overfills
>> branches' stretching.
>> Everything now ...
>> romp-ready.
>>
>> bw
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> Douglas Barbour
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> Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations & Continuation 2 (UofAPress).
> Recording Dates (Rubicon Press).
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> Done in by creation itself.
>
> I mean the gods. Not us. Well us too.
> The gods moved into books. Who wrote the books?
> We wrote the books. In whose dream, then are we dreaming?
>
> Robert Kroetsch.
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