Agree on locks, Doug, but owner, Doug? Try this:
Providence 2
The young boy swings his leg back and over,
kicks down his bike stand,
peels off his plastic helmet.
He surveys the crowd,
steps forward
straight into and over his bike.
Two hands reach down
and pluck boy from bike -
his father who art watchful.
bw
30.1.20
Try this:
On Thu, 30 Jan 2020 at 4:02 am, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> Yeah, I like the view, Bill, but wasn’t sure about ‘locks’ & owner if you
> need the fine stanza, at least as is…
>
> Doug
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> > On Jan 29, 2020, at 5:22 AM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks, Patrick. Just an observation really at a music festival at
> > Newstead, a small town near here last weekend. Still needs work I know.
> >
> > Bill
> >
> > On Wed, 29 Jan 2020 at 10:14 pm, Patrick McManus <
> > [log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> >> Bill enjoying these childhood images -but we never wore helmets !so prob
> >> modern ? cheers P
> >>
> >> On 28/01/2020 21:09, Bill Wootton wrote:
> >>> the young boy dismounts
> >>>
> >>> kicks down his bike stand
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> peels off his helmet
> >>>
> >>> freeing blond locks
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> takes a land step
> >>>
> >>> topples over his bike
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> two hands reach down
> >>>
> >>> pluck boy from bike
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> his father
> >>>
> >>> johnny on the spot
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> bw
> >>>
>
> Douglas Barbour
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> Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations & Continuations
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> Recording Dates (Rubicon Press).
> Listen. If (UofAPress):
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> I mean the gods. Not us. Well us too.
> The gods moved into books. Who wrote the books?
> We wrote the books. In whose dream, then are we dreaming?
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