Thanks everyone. Interesting question of a kind I often ask Bill, so I’ll think on it; wanted the question opening up there, I think.
Doug
> On Dec 19, 2018, at 3:28 PM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Interesting, Doug and loomy, gloomy. Could almost be the dark cousin of
> Jill’s piece. I like the choice of ‘swift’, which for me, works just as
> well as an adjective as a cobbled verb. ‘thrown outlines’ also works well.
> Just wonder: do you need ‘are they’?
>
> Bill
>
> On Thu, 20 Dec 2018 at 3:42 am, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
>> but three shadows swift
>> across sand as if
>> sails not
>>
>> the thrown outlines
>> of something huge
>> about to drop
>>
>> are they gifts
>> or bombs
>>
>>
>>
Douglas Barbour
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