Ah, that. Which of course I didn’t get, Bill.
Some poems have obvious endings, & move toward them (& there we are, Philip Larkin); some deliberate don’t, among the moderns…. What do we do with the serial poem, many of which I really like & admire…?
And cricket like baseball (beloved of some US & Canadian poets) go on, not necessarily end after a set time…
Doug
> On Sep 13, 2017, at 4:34 AM, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> you and your old cricket balls !!!
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> On 13/09/2017 10:33, Bill Wootton wrote:
>> Can't help myself slipping into cricket vernacular sometimes, P.
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>> B
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>> On Wed, 13 Sep 2017 at 7:09 pm, Patrick McManus <
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>>> Bill or pull up stumps !!!! hope some have heard of cricket (not
>>> dentistry!!)!!thanks P for a smile
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>>> On 12/09/2017 23:36, Bill Wootton wrote:
>>>> or pull up stumps
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