Patrick, you are a triumph and a joy. Many thanks, my friend! Sheila
On Wed, Apr 4, 2018 at 1:09 AM, Patrick McManus <
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> Hi Sheila thanks enjoyed this felt like a butterfly flitting from verse to
> verse
>
> and using non 'poetic type accessible language (you need accessible
> language at my age !)
>
> cheers old P
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> On 03/04/2018 06:53, Sheila Murphy wrote:
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>> *Do I give up on making what I want?*.
>> It is already here. Now to navigate
>> each pilgrimage of thought,
>> where patterns take turns self-disclosing.
>>
>> *Can hibiscus preen without a personality?*
>> I thought so for an hour
>> before you came. Then we had things to cover
>> beyond zeal and yield.
>>
>> *Do the neighbors hear themselves erasing silence?*
>> Maybe they're a mere recording
>> of what will go away,
>> Dreams make language obsolete
>>
>> *How many altitudes can be arranged at first light?*
>> I strive for higher elevation,
>> Stretch to find my pace, to reach
>> a tall and halfway finished place.
>>
>> Sheila E. Murphy
>>
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