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"Debugging" is a pretty good description of my editing process! You could *add* some insects to this poem. Dragonflies would be nice Janet (sometime programmer, frequent poet) 2008/11/26 Max Richards <[log in to unmask]> > > Once an Academic > > This is the time of year, late spring, > when, fast as I could, I'd leave > the last examiners' meeting – results sheets > signed, our students' fates sealed – > > and slip away (stern colleagues > resumed their stubborn research) > to the car-park, thence near the river, > leaving the car in a shady place > > with most of my clothing, search out > along tracks by the gum-tree-lined banks > my current favoured secluded spot, > check on my solitude, unlikely > > to be disturbed, and strip off > (but for dark glasses and sun-hat), > wade slowly in, toes tentative > in cool mud, the river flow > > rising against my thighs, embracing > my waist, my chest. Should I lift off > and float? maybe down to the next line > of rocks that angled across the stream? > > That could be delicious, and the rocks > made fine sunning spots, full-length. > Or – brace against the current, > edge my way right to the other bank, > > climb up through sedge and clay, > reaching for a wattle branch > and lever myself up and out. > Spring's first butterflies hovered, > > bees fumbled the wattle blossom, > bell-birds rang through the valley, > my big book on poetry, or even > a small book, deferred itself again. > > Wednesday 26 November 2008 > > > Max Richards > Doncaster, Victoria > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > This email was sent from Netspace Webmail: http://www.netspace.net.au > -- I'm looking for writing-related paid work! Performance (my poetry, yours or someone else's); any kind of writing including technical or corporate; ghostwriting; editing; teaching creative writing, poetry or performance; selling books; literary administration... whatever. All leads appreciated. Janet Jackson <[log in to unmask]> www.proximitypoetry.com (Poetry) www.myspace.com/poetjj (Includes occasional arts & culture blog) The Line Mine, bulletin board for Perth poetry & spoken word: [log in to unmask] groups.yahoo.com/group/thelinemine Breastfeeding info & help: www.breastfeeding.asn.au