Doug, A different description (of the process of composition rather than what can be seen on the shield of Achilles) than one discovers in the traditional ekphrastic. I'm snapping more photos than ever before when the decisive moment arrives because I don't worry about the cost/per with an iPhone. Barry
On Thu, 7 Feb 2019 08:39:55 +1100, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>Maybe this sort of patience is required to compose poems of grace too,
>Doug. Like it.
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>Bill
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>On Thu, 7 Feb 2019 at 4:09 am, Patrick McManus <
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>> Hi Doug could be a long wait! moment announces?
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>> On 06/02/2019 16:48, Douglas Barbour wrote:
>> > grace is patience
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>> > hours pass light shifts
>> > as clouds obscure the sun
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>> > but patience says wait
>> > there will be enough light
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>> > the moment announce itself
>> > the finger finally move
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>> > click for grace
>> > in the moment
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>> > Douglas Barbour
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>> > Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations &
>> Continuations 2 (UofAPress).
>> > Recording Dates (Rubicon Press).
>> > Listen. If (UofAPress):
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>> colder inside the building than out. He wondered how they did that, if it
>> was a British building secret.
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