I agree with Sheila Andrew, but there are some giveaways that it’s about what was, so an ancient ‘photostat’(what’s that? the young un’s say).
Doug
> On Nov 18, 2020, at 8:55 AM, Sheila Murphy <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Andrew, this reveals a great deal, especially as we are encouraged to
> embrace reality from each angle. All the sections come to create a living
> picture that becomes clearer as we allow the angles to shape "what is."
>
> Thanks for this. Great!
>
> Sheila
>
> On Wed, Nov 18, 2020 at 1:20 AM Andrew Burke <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> *FOUND POEM*
>>
>> *(photostat found on my desk near the family printer)*
>>
>>
>>
>> Apples grow on trees.
>>
>> The boy climbed on to the roof of the building.
>>
>> The train passed the signal.
>>
>> Our school is near the road.
>>
>> The grocer sells bacon, cheese, butter and rice.
>>
>> I offered Tom a sweet, but he refused it.
>>
>> The postman delivers letters to all the houses in our street.
>>
>> Birds build nests.
>>
>> Some people live in houses and others live in flats.
>>
>> This girl has lost a shilling from her purse.
>>
>> Girls play hockey, but boys prefer football.
>>
>> Cricket is played in summer and football in winter.
>>
>> Some men will do dishonest things in order to make money.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 18/11/2020
>>
>>
>> *I avoided the urge to fiddle with it - to change words, the order of
>> words, or the sequence of images. It is a found poem with echoes of the New
>> York School and/or concept poetry. *
>>
>> Andrew
>> --
>> Andrew
>> http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
>> Books available through Walleah Press
>> http://walleahpress.com.au
Douglas Barbour
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Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations & Continuations 2 (UofAPress).
Recording Dates (Rubicon Press).
Listen. If (UofAPress):
There was the usual amount of corruption, intimidation,
and rioting.
Sir Charles Petrie
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