and hover you do, here, Patrick, mulling at a somewhat greater length per line, nicely, nicely.... Doug On 5-Aug-09, at 12:55 AM, Patrick McManus wrote: > SOMETIMES > > sometimes > he was up > sometimes > he was down > but at the moment > he was hovering nicely > like a hummingbird > poised over a flower > sampling sweet nectar 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 Each leaf a runnel the roofs now skiffs in green I’ve never done anything but begin. Lisa Robertson