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Old P gets a bit tetchy with the repeating past-tears also I like the first stanza as well on its own -editting!!! Bests P -----Original Message----- From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of meikamonagmail Sent: 29 March 2007 01:34 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Snap - in progress I'd end it after tears. On 29/03/2007, at 9:07, andrew burke wrote: > I had breakfast with > Wallace Stevens > and he said, Would you > please pass the pineapple? > I put down my coffee cup > and said, Come on, > you can do better than that. > > It's years past > the time for tears. > > I met a wiseman for lunch > who showed me > the nude sentence. > He said, The upshot of it > is, the conflab > is in the context. > > It's years past > the time for tears. > > The barber said, > Well, Walter says, > No poem is intended > for the reader, no picture > for the beholder, no > symphony for the listener. > > It's years past > the time for tears. > > Dinner for one, please, James - > Madam will not be dining. > Please, don't bring the wine in - > poetry plays such > funny games. > > > -- > Andrew > http://hispirits.blogspot.com/ > http://www.inblogs.net/hispirits > http://www.flickr.com/photos/aburke/