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Thank you, Doug. It was fun revisiting those poems. I really think the love poem can be the most difficult to compose without being indulgent. How to avoid the pitfall of sentiment and such... :fp *************** Frank Parker [log in to unmask] http://now.at/frankshome ----- Original Message ----- From: "Douglas Barbour" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 7:53 AM Subject: Re: Romantic love & train rides > I'll say one thing, Dave, since the government did privatize the trains, > I've felt it better to rent a car i Britain. Remembering how good it used > to be to travel by train... > > and Frank, enjoyed the poems, the borrowings of what always gets said being > neat... > > Doug > > Douglas Barbour > Department of English > University of Alberta > Edmonton Alberta Canada T6G 2E5 > (h) [780] 436 3320 (b) [780] 492 0521 > http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/dbhome.htm > > I chose poetry because every line set out > so hopefully from a new margin, and > because my heart was hot and unbowed. > > Michele Leggott >