Thanks, Sheila. Actually, Bonny, Russell’s first wife committed suicide a
year after their only son did the same at 21, apparently, Pat.
Apologies to them for this pretty lame sonnet which I began with a sort of
idea and couldn’t think how to finish. Ended up cobbling together that
final couplet which is a big strain.
Bill
On Wed, 2 Jan 2019 at 8:34 pm, Patrick McManus <
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> so Russell Drysdale Artist does this refer to a painting? certainly not
> the drovers wife in a drought cheers P
>
> or a play on dry? or
>
> On 01/01/2019 21:46, Bill Wootton wrote:
> > I set off for a walk one rainy night.
> >
> > I noticed that I was not getting wet.
> >
> > How odd, I thought, are my clothes watertight?
> >
> > Just boots and jeans and shirt, red flannelette.
> >
> >
> > I gazed up at the trees above to check
> >
> > if they might be protecting me - but no -
> >
> > it was so dark that I could not detect
> >
> > their leaves and anyway, what would this show?
> >
> >
> > The thing is it was clearly raining hard.
> >
> > Ahead, behind, the ground was all a-jolt.
> >
> > But still my shirt, my skin remained unmarred.
> >
> > and then it struck me like a thunderbolt.
> >
> >
> > Though the wind might blow and it might hail,
> >
> > Married now, I’m Mrs Russell Drysdale.
> >
> >
> > bw
> >
> > 2.1.19
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