well, i like this better, robert. tight for sure... doug On 27-Nov-08, at 11:15 PM, robert e. watling jr. wrote: > crows have chased away the songbirds > in the morning I hear nothing > later I hear nothing but crows > > outside, and below my window > a wall seen only in winter > then one morning a white cat > > rain here, wet leaves, > wet shingles on the roof > wet cat on the wall 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 Art is always the replacement of indifference by attention. Guy Davenport