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Good postcard from Rome, Doug. (Maybe the first 'the' can go ... as is your usual practice) Andrew 2008/6/26 Nathan Hondros <[log in to unmask]>: > yep, i've been carried back to rome. you've evoke the good memories. > > On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 11:42 PM, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > >> the cobblestones were hard >> on horses' hooves >> on carriages whose wheels >> were just as hard >> >> now jouncing at varying speeds >> sudden stops >> for pedestrians >> & other interferences >> they remain historical >> ly hard >> tough >> on foreign feet & bodies >> >> a sense of the past >> present in every step & swerve >> >> >> >> Douglas Barbour >> [log in to unmask] >> >> http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/ >> >> Latest books: >> Continuations (with Sheila E Murphy) >> http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?LID=41&bookID=664 >> Wednesdays' >> >> http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2008/03/new-from-aboveground-press_10.html >> >> In football the object is for the quarterback, also known as the field >> general, to be on target with his aerial assault, riddling the defense by >> hitting his receivers with deadly accuracy in spite of the blitz, even if he >> has to use shotgun. With short bullet passes and long bombs, he marches his >> troops into enemy territory, balancing this aerial assault with a sustained >> ground attack that punches holes in the forward wall of the enemy's >> defensive line. >> >> In baseball the object is to go home! >> >> George Carlin, RIP >> > > > > -- > http://nathanhondros.blogspot.com > -- Andrew http://hispirits.blogspot.com/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/aburke/