Thanks, Doug. Next 4 days here all high 30s but at least it has been
downgraded from low 40s.
Bill
On Wed, 25 Dec 2019 at 4:56 am, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]>
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> I do love that Levertov poem, & still think her book of that title is her
> best (but that may be because its the first of hers I owned).
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> I’m sure I’m not alone in wishing a cooler & rainier Christmas to all the
> Aissies here.
>
> Doug
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> > On Dec 23, 2019, at 7:54 PM, Millicent Borges Accardi <
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > Merry Merry and Happy Happy.
> > I'm grateful for our Poetry Etc. Group of heroes and stragglers and
> inspirations!
> > Boas Festas!
> > Millicent
> >
> > Salmon Poetry Collection: Only More So @ Amazon
> > http://www.MillicentBorgesAccardi.com
> > @TopangaHippie on TwitterÁgua mole em pedra dura tanto dá até que fura
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: POETRYETC <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Mon, Dec 23, 2019 6:50 pm
> > Subject: Re: Merry/Happy everyone
> >
> > Keep on tasting, Doug.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Bill
> >
> > On Tue, 24 Dec 2019 at 8:01 am, Sheila Murphy <[log in to unmask]>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Extraordinary and powerful, Doug, and many thanks for this rich and
> glowing
> >> and meaningful message to us all.
> >>
> >> Sheila
> >>
> >> On Mon, Dec 23, 2019 at 1:56 PM Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> The very best of the season to you all.
> >>> I’ll let this stand as a wish for us all...
> >>> O Taste and See by Denise Levertov
> >>>
> >>> The world is
> >>> not with us enough
> >>> O taste and see
> >>>
> >>> the subway Bible poster said,
> >>> meaning The Lord, meaning
> >>> if anything all that lives
> >>> to the imagination’s tongue,
> >>>
> >>> grief, mercy, language,
> >>> tangerine, weather, to
> >>> breathe them, bite,
> >>> savor, chew, swallow, transform
> >>>
> >>> into our flesh our
> >>> deaths, crossing the street, plum, quince,
> >>> living in the orchard and being
> >>>
> >>> hungry, and plucking
> >>> the fruit.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Doug
> >>>
>
> Douglas Barbour
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> https://eclecticruckus.wordpress.com/
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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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> Swept snow, Li Po,
> by dawn’s 40-watt moon
> to the road that hies to office
> away from home.
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