cheers Bill enjoyed that though in my case the memories go back nearly
80 years
life again also fits the poem title
my memories are more like a oily swamp things get thrown up now and then
P
On 17/04/2019 08:12, Bill Wootton wrote:
> Thanks for the push in the right direction, Sheila.
>
> Bill
>
> On Wed, 17 Apr 2019 at 4:44 pm, Sheila Murphy <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
>> Fabulous, Bill. Just as I felt it would be. Really a fine piece. Sheila
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 16, 2019, 11:31 PM Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> life (again)
>>>
>>> life
>>>
>>>
>>> Imagine a hollow tube
>>>
>>> dangling down a shaft
>>>
>>> suspended
>>>
>>> by an unseen hand
>>>
>>> several if you like
>>>
>>> or maybe attached
>>>
>>> to a pole or such
>>>
>>> and harried by wind
>>>
>>> this tube mind you
>>>
>>> no puppet string
>>>
>>> just being shook
>>>
>>> from time to time
>>>
>>> howsoever
>>>
>>>
>>> and little memories
>>>
>>> rub up to the edge
>>>
>>> become visible
>>>
>>> or recognisable
>>>
>>> in some form
>>>
>>> but not in the same spot
>>>
>>> where they were inserted
>>>
>>>
>>> so the flavour of a liquorice strap
>>>
>>> might come to the surface today
>>>
>>> even though untasted for fifty years
>>>
>>> then be shaken back
>>>
>>> perhaps never to return
>>>
>>>
>>> bw
>>>
>>> 17.4.19
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, 17 Apr 2019 at 4:11 pm, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Good thoughts, Sheila. Thanks. You’re dead right that it was a way in
>> and
>>>> out.
>>>>
>>>> Bill
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, 17 Apr 2019 at 3:42 pm, Sheila Murphy <[log in to unmask]
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Bill,
>>>>>
>>>>> I hear this opening with
>>>>> "Imagine a hollow tube . . ."
>>>>> and leaving off the first two
>>>>>
>>>>> then ending with "perhaps never to return."
>>>>>
>>>>> I really like that.
>>>>>
>>>>> The other parts (pre and post) seem more like helping passages that
>> got
>>>>> you
>>>>> in and then got you out.
>>>>>
>>>>> That is how I often think when writing, and I have rather a machete
>>> going
>>>>> with edits sometimes, so I hope you understand it's part of what I
>>>>> sometimes do :)
>>>>>
>>>>> Sheila
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Apr 16, 2019 at 3:11 PM Bill Wootton <
>> [log in to unmask]>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> some people reckon
>>>>>>
>>>>>> life’s not a line
>>>>>>
>>>>>> not an unbroken record
>>>>>>
>>>>>> of neat years
>>>>>>
>>>>>> punctuated
>>>>>>
>>>>>> by knockout ceremonies
>>>>>>
>>>>>> and consequent anniversaries
>>>>>>
>>>>>> rather it’s some sort
>>>>>>
>>>>>> of emotional
>>>>>>
>>>>>> or unconscious
>>>>>>
>>>>>> flat earth
>>>>>>
>>>>>> from which erupts
>>>>>>
>>>>>> from time to time
>>>>>>
>>>>>> memories of moment
>>>>>>
>>>>>> to dally with
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> but I’m here to say
>>>>>>
>>>>>> life is a line
>>>>>>
>>>>>> if not a trainline
>>>>>>
>>>>>> stopping
>>>>>>
>>>>>> from time to time
>>>>>>
>>>>>> at stations
>>>>>>
>>>>>> of fortune or flop
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Imagine a hollow tube
>>>>>>
>>>>>> dangling down a shaft
>>>>>>
>>>>>> suspended
>>>>>>
>>>>>> by an unseen hand
>>>>>>
>>>>>> one will do
>>>>>>
>>>>>> several if you like
>>>>>>
>>>>>> or maybe just attached
>>>>>>
>>>>>> to a pole or such
>>>>>>
>>>>>> and harried by wind
>>>>>>
>>>>>> this tube mind you
>>>>>>
>>>>>> no puppet string
>>>>>>
>>>>>> just gets a shaking
>>>>>>
>>>>>> from time to time
>>>>>>
>>>>>> howsoever
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> and little memories
>>>>>>
>>>>>> rub up to the edge
>>>>>>
>>>>>> become visible
>>>>>>
>>>>>> or recognisable
>>>>>>
>>>>>> in some form
>>>>>>
>>>>>> but not in the same spot
>>>>>>
>>>>>> where they were inserted
>>>>>>
>>>>>> so the taste of a liquorice strap
>>>>>>
>>>>>> might come to the surface today
>>>>>>
>>>>>> even though untasted for fifty years
>>>>>>
>>>>>> then is shaken back
>>>>>>
>>>>>> perhaps never to return
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> up and down this dangling line
>>>>>>
>>>>>> of you
>>>>>>
>>>>>> go you
>>>>>>
>>>>>> it’s all you have
>>>>>>
>>>>>> and it’s not that bad
>>>>>>
>>>>>> for most of us
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> bw
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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