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Yeah, seemed almost too straightforward but moved sideways neatly toward the end... Doug On 28-Jul-07, at 8:59 PM, Frederick Pollack wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- From: "andrew burke" > <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2007 10:54 PM > Subject: Re: Sonnet: A Little Story > > > I cannot just sit here and say nothing - The sonnet applies perfectly > to our Little Johnnie Howard who is hanging on to the reins of power > here by the skin of his teeth - and by the fuck-ups (in past > elections) by the Labour opposition. (Nice mixed metaphors, I think.) > > I enjoyed it very much, Hal. > > Andrew > > > > > I did too. All too widely applicable as a political poem. Good work. > > Douglas Barbour 11655 - 72 Avenue NW Edmonton AB T6G 0B9 (780 436 3320) Latest book: Continuations, with Sheila E, Murphy (University of Alberta Press 2006) Is that the flesh made word or is that the flesh-made word? Fred Wah