It doe work better this way, Bill.
Usually it should come as it happens, but you’ve worked the lines well…
Doug
> On Dec 6, 2016, at 7:43 PM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Good advice, Andrew, I think. Here's swinging version 2. Hope the spacings
> stay the same as on my page.
>
> Bill
>
> Monkey Bars 2
>
> Queue up at recess and lunch
> Get ready for
> swinging action
> Many options available
>
> Fourers for the fearless
> swing-dangling from
> one clinging hand
> skipping two intervening bars
> investing fully in reaching that fourth bar with your other outstretched
> hand
> even at risk of your head
> bobbing up to hit an intervener
>
> Momentum the trick
> so from the top rung
> of the blue-grey metal ladder
> lean out
> to the
> third bar
> grip
> then let her rip
> hips and legs adding propulsion
>
> And don't stop there
> maintain momentum
> until swing-off
> at other end
>
> Thing is you had to be of a size
> to pull off fourers
> grade five or six
> Three-ers were all most could stretch to
> in grade four
> Two-ers were piddlers
> but exciting in their way
> ground being
> so far below
> when you are that small
>
> Monkey bar magic
> That rush of created wind
> playground chatter sounds changing
> as you w h i z z by
> no longer
> earthbound
>
> bw
> 7.12.16
> On Wed, 7 Dec 2016 at 11:34 AM, Andrew Burke <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> The lines are a bit rigid, stuck to the left hand margin as they are. Give
>>
>> the page more flight and energy by staggering the lines ... Just a thought:
>>
>> the page is your playground. (As Duke said, 'It don't mean a thing if it
>>
>> ain't got that swing!')
>>
>>
>>
>> Andrew
>>
>>
>>
>> On 7 December 2016 at 07:41, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> Queue up at recess and lunch
>>
>>> Get ready for swinging action
>>
>>> Many options available
>>
>>>
>>
>>> Fourers for the fearless
>>
>>> swing-dangling from one clinging hand
>>
>>> skipping two intervening bars
>>
>>> investing fully in reaching that fourth bar with your other outstretched
>>
>>> hand
>>
>>> even at risk of your head
>>
>>> bobbing up to hit an intervener
>>
>>>
>>
>>> Momentum the trick
>>
>>> so from the top rung
>>
>>> of the blue-grey metal ladder lean out
>>
>>> to the third bar
>>
>>> grip
>>
>>> then let her rip
>>
>>> hips and legs
>>
>>> adding propulsion
>>
>>>
>>
>>> And don't stop there
>>
>>> maintain momentum
>>
>>> until swing-off at other end
>>
>>>
>>
>>> Thing is you had to be of a size
>>
>>> to pull off fourers
>>
>>> grade five or six
>>
>>> Three-ers were all most could stretch to
>>
>>> in grade four
>>
>>> Two-ers were piddlers
>>
>>> but exciting in their way
>>
>>> ground being so far below
>>
>>> when you are that small
>>
>>>
>>
>>> Monkey bar magic
>>
>>> That rush of created wind
>>
>>> playground chatter sounds changing
>>
>>> as you whizz by
>>
>>> no longer earthbound
>>
>>>
>>
>>> bw
>>
>>> 6.12.16
>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Andrew
>>
>> http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
>>
>> Books available through Walleah Press
>>
>> http://walleahpress.com.au
>>
>>
Douglas Barbour
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