More future zest either way, as you say, Doug. Interesting that you
capitalise Spring. We don’t tend to in Australia. But perhaps you meant to
emphasise the desired zing?
Bill
On Thu, 14 May 2020 at 2:31 am, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> Thanks to you both, Sheila & Patrick; I saw it more Sheila’s way, but am
> happy to have the other interpretation, too. I seem to be writing in the
> haiku format quite a bit for snaps these days…
>
> Doug
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> > On May 13, 2020, at 10:26 AM, Sheila Murphy <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
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> > As the commercial says, Patrick, "Stop! You're BOTH right." I hear you.
> > Romance, yes!
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> > On Wed, May 13, 2020 at 9:23 AM Patrick McManus <
> > [log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> >> aha Sheila you read this as life! I read it as romance bit sad romance
> >> cheers P
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> >> On 13/05/2020 17:07, Sheila Murphy wrote:
> >>> I love this, Doug. It captures what we feel. There is never enough
> life,
> >>> and there is always desire for it. Optimism, belief in encores. That is
> >> the
> >>> profound and pure reality. Sheila
> >>>
> >>> On Wed, May 13, 2020 at 9:02 AM Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]>
> >>> wrote:
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> >>>> just one more encore
> >>>> after all these years i want
> >>>> still more Springs to come
> >>>>
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> Douglas Barbour
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> Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations & Continuations
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> Recording Dates (Rubicon Press).
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