In Victoria, in East Gippsland, still active fires managed by ground crews
based on ‘hot spot’ technology but NSW is clear I think finally after big
rains, Patrick.
Bill
On Thu, 27 Feb 2020 at 10:35 pm, Patrick McManus <
[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi Bill are all the bushfires out ?
>
> On 26/02/2020 21:07, Bill Wootton wrote:
> > Thanks, Doug, Patrick. This was 11 years ago in another lifetime. This
> > summer we have almost seen out. 4 degrees here in Hepburn Springs this
> > morning, rising to 20 during the day. And the green is returning.
> >
> > Bill
> >
> > On Thu, 27 Feb 2020 at 4:40 am, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> In the moment, & in that state of frightened anticipation, nicely
> caught,
> >> Bill…
> >>
> >> Doug
> >>
> >>> On Feb 26, 2020, at 2:36 AM, Patrick McManus <
> >> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >>> ah yes Bill -sad times
> >>>
> >>> On 25/02/2020 21:10, Bill Wootton wrote:
> >>>> Black Saturday
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> i
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> While we waited
> >>>>
> >>>> the earth rumbled
> >>>>
> >>>> We licked our lips
> >>>>
> >>>> eyes on the horizon
> >>>>
> >>>> What would it be first?
> >>>>
> >>>> Flaming embers, bright orange heat
> >>>>
> >>>> or the over-amplified sound of crackling branches?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> ii
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> While we slept
> >>>>
> >>>> it murdered on
> >>>>
> >>>> in Strathewan, Marysville, St Andrews
> >>>>
> >>>> When my eyes flicked open myopically
> >>>>
> >>>> I thought the blowsy box-leaf canopy
> >>>>
> >>>> was a massive plume of smoke
> >>>>
> >>>> But it wasn’t. This time
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> bw
> >>>>
> >> Douglas Barbour
> >> [log in to unmask]
> >> https://eclecticruckus.wordpress.com/
> >>
> >> Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations &
> Continuations
> >> 2 (UofAPress).
> >> Recording Dates (Rubicon Press).
> >> Listen. If (UofAPress):
> >>
> >>
> >> Done in by creation itself.
> >>
> >> 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?
> >>
> >> Robert Kroetsch
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> ########################################################################
> >>
> >> To unsubscribe from the POETRYETC list, click the following link:
> >> https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=POETRYETC&A=1
> >>
> > ########################################################################
> >
> > To unsubscribe from the POETRYETC list, click the following link:
> > https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=POETRYETC&A=1
>
> ########################################################################
>
> To unsubscribe from the POETRYETC list, click the following link:
> https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=POETRYETC&A=1
>
########################################################################
To unsubscribe from the POETRYETC list, click the following link:
https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=POETRYETC&A=1
|