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That's a little like Stevens. jd On 1/9/07, Frederick Pollack <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Max Richards" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 6:44 PM > Subject: snap 10 Jan: feathers > > > > These feathers? > > > > - picked up in the park > > when the morning sun > > brought out their sparkle. > > > > This would be from a magpie > > (local version, pert, musical), > > this from a harsh cockatoo, > > > > this with its speckles > > a crooning tawny frogmouth, > > or a loud kookaburra. > > > > They all had a sheen > > when I pocketed them - > > like the pebbles > > > > on a clear creek bed > > precious while wet only - > > indoors flat as flat. > > > > The rainbow lorikeet > > dead on the roadway - > > to stoop and pluck > > > > would have seemed > > to stoop too far. > > It dazzled still. > > > > This feather, kept apart, > > I brought from Ireland - > > dropped by one of the swans, > > > > soon counted, by the lake > > in Coole Park, no less. > > It lay for decades > > > > on my desk, making my talk > > less abstract, failing > > to lift me into song. > > > > > > 10 January 2007 > > > > Max Richards > > Doncaster, Vic. > > > > [thanks to Alison and Randolph; welcome thanks to Anny and Joseph] > > > > This is what I'd suggest: > > > These Feathers? > > - Found in the park > when the morning sun > brought out their sparkle. > > One from a magpie > (local, musical), > one from a harsh cockatoo; > > this, speckled, > from a crooning frogmouth, > or a loud kookaburra; > > and this, kept apart, > from Ireland - dropped > by one of the swans, > > soon counted, by the lake > in Coole Park. > It lay for decades > > on my desk, making my talk > less abstract, failing > to lift it into song. > -- Joseph Duemer Professor of Humanities Clarkson University [sharpsand.net]