Plain text here too, Patrick, if not plain meaning to this scribbler. Not
sure about the colour breakup. Blues present would be a curse but why would
lack of browns or blacks? Lots of reds (being in the red?) I thought at one
stage it was meant to be lots of low rated scores but missing the
high-scoring pinks and blacks. But then blues are worth more than browns.
Sing out if I am wide of the mark.
Bill
On Thu, 4 Jan 2018 at 2:51 am, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> It was plain, but no numbers at my end, P.
>
> I suspect most of us here (now) can feel for this, even if we dont really
> know much about snooker…
>
> D
>
> > On Jan 3, 2018, at 2:47 AM, Patrick McManus <
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > oops should be plain text sorry and numbered!!
> >
> >
> >
> > -------- Forwarded Message --------
> > Subject: patsnap
> ****************************************************
> > Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2018 09:42:54 +0000
> > From: Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics <[log in to unmask]>
> >
> >
> >
> > *SNOOKERED*
> >
> > on his
> >
> > snooker table
> >
> > his snooker
> >
> > table of life
> >
> > there seemed
> >
> > to be a
> >
> > multitude
> >
> > of red balls
> >
> > also numerous
> >
> > yellow
> >
> > blues
> >
> > and greens
> >
> > and then a
> >
> > complete lack of
> >
> > browns
> >
> > pinks
> >
> > and blacks
> >
> > this apart from
> >
> > the cue white
> >
> > often absent
> >
> > and as for
> >
> > the bent cue!
> >
> > missing tip!
> >
> > and don’t
> >
> > mention
> >
> > the state
> >
> > of that ghastly
> >
> > nightmare
> >
> > table!
> >
> > /pmcmanus/
> >
> > /s240/
>
> 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):
>
>
>
> Swept snow, Li Po,
> by dawn’s 40-watt moon
> to the road that hies to office
> away from home.
>
> Lorine Niedecker
>
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