Thank you all for your response ... I started with nothing to say so I',
extra pleased with the result.
Andrew
On 26 April 2017 at 22:44, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Yes, Andrew, neat shifts, & some sardonic noticing, in an age when the
> young probably don’t (even bother to) remember as much.
>
> It seems Autumn, in both hemispheres is the time of remembrance — &
> various forms of football…
>
> Doug
> > On Apr 26, 2017, at 4:06 AM, Patrick McManus <
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > Hill Hoist very Oz! footy sounds a comforting word -liked ending cheers P
> >
> >
> > On 26/04/2017 08:03, Sheila Murphy wrote:
> >> This is strong and well felt from here, Andrew. Thank you. Means a lot.
> >>
> >> On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 6:18 PM, Andrew Burke <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>> The family next door chatters over the fence as a tinny version of the
> >>> *Last
> >>> Post* plays under their words. Under backyard fruit trees green parrots
> >>> peck away and of a sudden at a secret signal fly off in formation.
> High in
> >>> the giant eucalyptus beside the railway line a pigeon coos. This is a
> day
> >>> of remembrance for our nation, for all the dead and maimed of two world
> >>> wars and other deadly actions. It is hard to imagine the noise of
> battle as
> >>> the birds twit and swoop from tree to tree. A Hills Hoist display of
> >>> colourful civilian clothes sways in a breeze as a train hurtles by from
> >>> foothills to footy. The supporters wear their scarves even though it’s
> a
> >>> warm day, and chatter at the gate about last year’s game and that last
> kick
> >>> for goal on the siren. Lest we forget.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> -
> >>>
> >>> 25th April 2017
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Andrew
> >>> http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
> >>> Books available through Walleah Press
> >>> http://walleahpress.com.au
> >>>
>
> Douglas Barbour
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> https://eclecticruckus.wordpress.com/
>
> Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations & Continuations
> 2 (UofAPress).
> Recording Dates (Rubicon Press).
> Listen. If (UofAPress):
>
> and as you read
> the sea is turning its dark pages
> turning
> its dark pages.
>
> Denise Levertov
>
--
Andrew
http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
Books available through Walleah Press
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