If this list were
a ship
the Wonkatania or the Yellow Submarine
an anime character
Howl's moving castle.
an aircraft
Vanship
a country
Canada
a city
Amsterdam
a bicycle
Penny Farthing
It's engine is a few members whose sheer devotion, generosity and
humanity quite often leaves me speechless with admiration.
Roger
On 5/17/07, Patrick Mc Manus <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> We are just such wonderful warm hearted and caring people
> Patrick
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of Ana Olinto
> Sent: 17 May 2007 00:45
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject:
>
> i think we are a rather unusual mailing list.
> we are really interested in each other, and in many, not just one, subject.
> the other mailing lists i've found, even when they are about a specific and
> well chosen topic (picasso, ancient greece etc.), are quite distant.
> what is our secret?
> ana
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark Weiss" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 8:38 PM
> Subject: Re: nother snap
>
>
> > Kern wrote the music. It is a quote--look at the refrain.
> >
> > At 07:26 PM 5/16/2007, you wrote:
> >>Oh, I apologise. I thought you were referring to Jerome Kern ... I
> >>don't know this lyric at all (and I know a fair few). And I thought
> >>the 'pitter patter' was an indirect quote.
> >>
> >>Andrew
> >>
> >>On 17/05/07, Mark Weiss <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >>>The Kern is "Til the Clouds Roll By," lyrics by PG Wodehouse, I
> >>>think, from the show of the same name. The chorus duet is one of
> >>>Kern's loveliest salutes to youth. Ah, youth.
> >>>
> >>>Verse 1
> >>>[she]
> >>>I'm so sad to think that I had to
> >>>Drive you from your home so coolly.
> >>>
> >>>[he]
> >>>I'd be gaining nothing by remaining,
> >>>What would Missus Grundy say?
> >>>Her conventions, kindly recollect them!
> >>>We must please respect them duly.
> >>>
> >>>[she]
> >>>My intrusion needs explaining;
> >>>I felt my courage waning.
> >>>Please, I beg don't mention it!
> >>>I should not mind a bit,
> >>>But it has started raining.
> >>>
> >>>Refrain:
> >>>
> >>>[both]
> >>>Oh, the rain comes a pitter, patter,
> >>>And I'd like to be safe in bed.
> >>>Skies are weeping, while the world is sleeping,
> >>>Trouble heaping on our head.
> >>>It is vain to remain and chatter,
> >>>And to wait for a clearer sky,
> >>>Helter skelter, I must fly for shelter
> >>>Till the clouds roll by.
> >>>
> >>>Verse 2
> >>>
> >>>[she]
> >>>What bad luck, It's coming down in buckets;
> >>>Have you an umbrella handy?
> >>>
> >>>[he]
> >>>I've a warm coat, waterproof, a storm coat,
> >>>I shall be alright, I know.
> >>>Later on, too, I will ward the grippe off,
> >>>With a little nip of brandy.
> >>>
> >>>[she]
> >>>Or a glass of toddy draining,
> >>>You'd find that more sustaining.
> >>>Don't be worried, I entreat,
> >>>I've rubbers for my feet,
> >>>So I don't mind it raining.
> >>>
> >>>At 07:12 PM 5/16/2007, you wrote:
> >>> >Hey, Mark, I've got an idea (no applause, please). How about starting
> >>> >with lines from Kern (Jerome, I'm thinking) and then leap into the
> >>> >poem at (single line): A shame / thought, to close the windows / and
> >>> >lose the sweet breeze.' Next verse I';d change the order a tad: ' For
> >>> >the moment / I have joined / the complex aerodynamics / of leaves'
> >>> >
> >>> >I like it the way it is, mind you, but the jokey tone of the beginning
> >>> >just seems expendable to me (a closet minimalist).
> >>> >
> >>> >Androo
> >>> >
> >>> >On 17/05/07, Mark Weiss <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >>> >>This here aint no
> >>> >>pitter patter storm
> >>> >>Mr. Kern, upon us suddenly
> >>> >>from the south,
> >>> >>the sky become
> >>> >>a large green threat. A shame,
> >>> >>though, to close the windows,
> >>> >>and lose the sweet breeze.
> >>> >>
> >>> >>I have joined
> >>> >>for the moment
> >>> >>the complex aerodynamics
> >>> >>of leaves.
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >--
> >>> >Andrew
> >>> >http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
> >>> >http://www.inblogs.net/hispirits
> >>> >http://www.flickr.com/photos/aburke/
> >>
> >>
> >>--
> >>Andrew
> >>http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
> >>http://www.inblogs.net/hispirits
> >>http://www.flickr.com/photos/aburke/
> >
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