Very dignified, Andrew, whether a persona or not. Particularly like the
crow image.
Bill
On Thu, 15 Jun 2017 at 1:25 am, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> Okay, Andrew
>
> reading this as persona poem, & effective as such.
>
> Of course, the paper doesn’t even count when the archive is digital?
>
> I also like the way so many lines represent something already always said…
>
> Doug
> > On Jun 14, 2017, at 4:47 AM, Andrew Burke <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > Okay, I am happy to be here.
> >
> > Thank you for hosting this occasion,
> >
> > I like the way the winter sun
> >
> > Shines on the mango tree
> >
> > And the crow walks around
> >
> > Like he owns the joint. He does
> >
> > As much as any of us do.
> >
> > You want to know what I think?
> >
> > Well, read on here and in
> >
> > Archival papers. Plenty of poems
> >
> > Fading in back pages. May
> >
> > This paper be acid free and
> >
> > Fellow guests enjoy this outing.
> >
> > The Exit signs are plenty –
> >
> > Depression, coronary heart disease,
> >
> > The usual ragbag of paths.
> >
> > The frangipani flowers outside this window
> >
> > And the mangoes are out of season.
> >
> > Thank you again for the invite
> >
> > But I am weary now
> >
> > and must go soon.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Andrew
> > http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
> > Books available through Walleah Press
> > http://walleahpress.com.au
> >
> >
> >
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> Douglas Barbour
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> Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations & Continuations
> 2 (UofAPress).
> Recording Dates (Rubicon Press).
> Listen. If (UofAPress):
>
> I go down to the Twilight Arcade
> and watch the Martian invaders,
> already appalled by our language,
> pointing at what they want.
>
> Bill Manhire
>
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