Have you seen any of Andy Jackson's ghazals? Very good.
I like this set too.
& Webb's.
Andrew
On 15 September 2016 at 02:48, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> those three thousand names
> still read aloud each year
>
> who could count the leaves
> turned colour on this given day
>
> these words that count
> to whom do they belong
>
> counting the days years
> video mourning carries on
>
> how many bodies burn / burnt
> buried on their broken knees in Persia now
>
>
>
> (you will note below where some of this came from)
>
> Douglas Barbour
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> https://eclecticruckus.wordpress.com/
>
> Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations & Continuations
> 2 (UofAPress).
> Recording Dates (Rubicon Press).
>
> Four or five couplets trying to dance
> into Persia. Who dances in Persia now?
>
> A magic carpet, a prayer mat, red.
> A knocked off head of somebody on her broken knees.
>
> Phyllis Webb
>
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Andrew
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