Thanks, Andrew, cockatoos it is.
Note much fine editing work from you on this old compendium of poetryetc
works when, it seems, the forum was in its prime, three years at least
before I joined. Thanks, Patrick for the link.
https://www.scribd.com/document/96811660/Poetry-Etc-Anthology-9-2008
Cheers,
Bill
On Wed, 11 Jan 2017 at 11:20 AM, Andrew Burke <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> A very fine poem, Bill. Would the rich full word 'cockatoos' change the
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> On 11 January 2017 at 07:45, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]>
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> > The cracked cackle of cockies
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