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I wonder if it's related to poetry stemming from a plant originating in North America, "loco weed" or Datura stramonium. Wikapedia provides the following samples: There is a mnemonic device for the physiological effects of datura/atropine intoxication: "blind as a bat, mad as a hatter, red as a beet, hot as hell, dry as a bone, the bowel and bladder lose their tone, and the heart runs alone." Another rhyme describing its effects is, "Can't see, can't spit, can't pee, can't shit." Regarding Datura, among the Navajo is the folk admonition, "Eat a little, and go to sleep. Eat some more, and have a dream. Eat some more, and don't wake up." Barry On Fri, 13 Mar 2009 20:08:38 +0900, andrew burke <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >loca poetry comes in waves from the full moon and sheets the winding minds >of musing folk. A > >2009/3/13 Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]> > >> Andrew this sounds like a good basis for a snap!!! Especially 'loca'poetry >> is it some new Ozform?? >> Patrick:-)