okay Douglas you win the Magpie competition!!!!!!!
P:-)
On 21/03/2018 14:48, Douglas Barbour wrote:
> And your magpies are nothing like our huge ones, with their mighty noise...
>
>> On Mar 21, 2018, at 4:29 AM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>> Me too swooped as a kid on my bike, Jill. Blood drawn. Bike helmets help.
>>
>> Bill
>>
>> On Wed, 21 Mar 2018 at 12:32 pm, Jill Jones <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>>> Yes, nowt to be done with magpies but admire them and hope they don't
>>> decide to swoop you.
>>>
>>> The ones nearest us know us and have decided, for what ever reason,
>>> that we're OK. But I've been swooped (and damaged) by maggies in other
>>> places, more than once.
>>>
>>> J
>>> ________________________
>>> Jill Jones
>>> www.jilljones.com.au
>>>
>>> Latest book: Brink, Five Islands Press
>>> http://fiveislandspress.com/catalogue/brink-jill-jones
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Poetryetc: poetry and poetics"
>>> To:
>>> Cc:
>>> Sent:Wed, 21 Mar 2018 01:24:40 +0000
>>> Subject:Re: Did you know
>>>
>>> Thanks, Jill. Magpies won’t be led up or down. Round Hepburn, they
>>> are
>>> unbeckonable but just as curious as your lot.
>>>
>>> Bill
>>>
>>> On Wed, 21 Mar 2018 at 12:04 pm, Jill Jones wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Bill,
>>>>
>>>> I enjoyed this. In fact, I didn't know that about cows, but now I
>>> do,
>>>> so I can keep the game going :-)
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Jill
>>>>
>>>> ________________________
>>>> Jill Jones
>>>> www.jilljones.com.au
>>>>
>>>> Latest book: Brink, Five Islands Press
>>>> http://fiveislandspress.com/catalogue/brink-jill-jones
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Poetryetc: poetry and poetics"
>>>> To:
>>>> Cc:
>>>> Sent:Tue, 20 Mar 2018 21:58:52 +0000
>>>> Subject:Did you know
>>>>
>>>> If anyone opens by asking this,
>>>>
>>>> they assume you don’t,
>>>>
>>>> know, that is
>>>>
>>>> Did, not do, mind
>>>>
>>>> implies that some titbit
>>>>
>>>> has been known
>>>>
>>>> to those in the know
>>>>
>>>> (or them at least)
>>>>
>>>> and some time down the track
>>>>
>>>> you are now to apprised
>>>>
>>>> of this knowledge
>>>>
>>>> DO you know
>>>>
>>>> could be a polite question stem -
>>>>
>>>> the way to San Jose,
>>>>
>>>> how to juggle,
>>>>
>>>> where I put my sunglasses down
>>>>
>>>> but DID implies
>>>>
>>>> you are well behind the eight ball,
>>>>
>>>> late to the discovery,
>>>>
>>>> and not fashionably so
>>>>
>>>> Or perhaps you hadn’t figured out
>>>>
>>>> something blindingly obvious
>>>>
>>>> or just plain esoteric
>>>>
>>>> Did you know that cows
>>>>
>>>> can be led upstairs
>>>>
>>>> but not down?
>>>>
>>>> I did not but I read it
>>>>
>>>> on the internet
>>>>
>>>> when I googled Did you know
>>>>
>>>> so it must be true
>>>>
>>>> mustn’t it
>>>>
>>>> Even when told,
>>>>
>>>> even if surprised
>>>>
>>>> for how long will you know?
>>>>
>>>> This knowledge
>>>>
>>>> you may pass on
>>>>
>>>> to some other sucker
>>>>
>>>> or the choice snippet
>>>>
>>>> might melt away by morning
>>>>
>>>> bw
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
> 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):
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>
> the way of what fell
> the lies
> like the petals
> falling drop
> delicately
>
> Phyllis Webb
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