I agree, Bill. Cant a reader infer when necessary? I like the piece; how it catches the looking at & the looked at, & then what was & wasn’t there…
Doug
> On Jan 10, 2018, at 3:06 AM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Thanks Andrew, Patrick. I’m experimenting with removing punctuation, Pat.
> Gets in the way, esp question marks.
>
> Bill
>
> On Wed, 10 Jan 2018 at 8:58 pm, Patrick McManus <
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>> bookstore grit comes away
>>
>> thanks Bill rings a bell
>>
>> do you need a question mark after cloud or is it not necessary
>>
>> been cold here dark damp good for cold dark damp poetry!
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>>
>> On 09/01/2018 21:34, Bill Wootton wrote:
>>> Closing a used copy
>>>
>>> Of Sam Shepard’s stories
>>>
>>> Gazing at the cover
>>>
>>>
>>> Photographed from behind
>>>
>>> A blue-hued father and his son sit
>>>
>>> Legs dangling over the end of a jetty
>>>
>>>
>>> Two removed boots face the viewer
>>>
>>> Is that a bird
>>>
>>> Above a low cloud
>>>
>>>
>>> Chip at it with my thumbnail
>>>
>>> Bookstore grit comes away
>>>
>>> Clear skies return
>>>
>>>
>>> bw
>>
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