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"Well I suppose my ramblings have something to do with poetry???" always unc. :) KS On 26/01/07, Patrick Mc Manus <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Cheers Max how about a digital camera ?such fun rushing home blowing > things > up on the screen(but would mess up your poem > Reminds me of when my Oz sister came to visit here in London we sat in the > garden then from out of nowhere an Oz parrot appeared (never seen again!) > Well I suppose my ramblings have something to do with poetry??? > Greelps P > > -----Original Message----- > From: Poetryetc provides a venue for a dialogue relating to poetry and > poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Max Richards > Sent: 24 January 2007 00:55 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: 24 Jan Bird Snaps > > > Bird Snaps > > Drifting grandly over the lake - > the biggest water-bird we've seen! > > Great black and white cantilevered > sections, and a pendulous throat pouch. > > This pelican must have just dropped in > having tired on some long eccentric flight. > > On the bay we've seen pelicans, eight > or so at a time, cruising, flying short > > distances. Will this one stay? > or, better, be joined by a partner? > > Later, we photograph it. > Later still, we look and can't find it. > > End of pelican episode, it seems. > But the camera shop this evening > > promises us a packet - a pouch - full. > And googling 'pelican' brings up: > > Australian pelican... > travels wherever there are fish, > > to Lake Eyre when not dry, > and 'as a vagrant to New Zealand'. > > Also known to catch, drown, > and swallow seagulls, beak first. > > Well, our lake never has seagulls. > The printed snaps prompt forgetfulness, > > restore our slow-motion > silhouette of serenity, > > rectangles of ruffled lake water > each with a central > > tiny quadrilateral > of black and white. > > > - Wednesday 24 January 2007 > > Max Richards > Doncaster, Victoria > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > This email was sent from Netspace Webmail: http://www.netspace.net.au >