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Thanks, Joanna, I like your interp, feels like a fit. The line's another occasion of "I dunno why I wrote that, but I'd never change it." O, a related observation: in a Dream Group just begun, we discovered, quite astonished, that ALL interps offered for every told dream were "right"! P'raps something about layers of meanings. Judy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joanna Boulter" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2005 1:15 PM Subject: Re: poem: Sasha Watching > Interesting! > > I'd taken it as the cat's superior hearing tuning in through the glass to a > sort of vibration of ruffled feathers. > > joanna > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "judy prince" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2005 4:39 PM > Subject: Re: poem: Sasha Watching > > >> Thanks Vile boris! And, dear VB, p'raps Sasha so identified herself with >> the birdies that she chose to hear them "purring." Thank your ever- >> mindful-of-your-feedings father, Patrick, for his attending to my pomes. >> >> Judy >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Patrick McManus" <[log in to unmask]> >> To: <[log in to unmask]> >> Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2005 10:53 AM >> Subject: Re: poem: Sasha Watching >> >> >>> Vile boris enjoyed that but did question -a low constant purr of feathery >>> ones ? thanks P >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Poetryetc provides a venue for a dialogue relating to poetry and >>> poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of judy prince >>> Sent: 27 June 2005 05:40 >>> To: [log in to unmask] >>> Subject: poem: Sasha Watching >>> >>> For VileBoris >>> >>> >>> Sasha Watching >>> >>> >>> there they are >>> the feathery ones >>> >>> two my foods mating >>> promising another >>> (three my foods) >>> if I can wait >>> >>> do I have a choice >>> muffled paws behind glass >>> preventable barrier to life >>> >>> no arms doesn't stop them >>> in fan-feathered embrace >>> >>> I can hear despite the cold glass >>> a low constant purr >>> from their all-breasted bodies >>> >>> I could devour them now >>> but only I would be unhappy >>> caught in their ruffling wings >>> >>> ~~~~~~~~~ >>> >>> Judy Prince >>> 6.27.05 >>> >> >