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As you see, I have so much more >to say than I've managed to in the poem, so I really should think about it >some more. > >Best wishes > >Matthew I too liked your poem - and saved it. On this score, of having more to say, I find the best poems are like the best comedians: they know when to shut up and leave the audience wanting more. (& the best poets at poetry readings ...) However, there is room for more in other poems. A loose series is always a good way to use all the strings on your lyre. I have a few poems where the offcuts from one massive first draft became separate poems - and one instance where I wrote a poem in the wee small hours, head foggy yet moonlit, only to discover the next day that when I disentangled the "I" segments from the "we" segments I had two poems poems, the same shape and the same length: Sitting Alone and Sitting Together. They had come to me as Siamese twins, and I separated them delicately the next day. I am still mystified by the process of poetry-writing after forty years! Andrew ---------------------------------------- Andrew Burke Copywriting [log in to unmask] Creative Writing http://www.bam.com.au/andrew/ Editing ---------------------------------------- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%