I sometimes feel like doing that with VB P -----Original Message----- From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of David Bircumshaw Sent: 04 June 2010 16:46 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Poem of a relaxed disposition Well they were a laid-back lot those Etruscans, Doug, always reclining on couches, sipping wine, and quietly haruspicating ... :) On 4 June 2010 15:50, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I like the 'relaxed' feel of it all, as meditation, David, but especially > these lines: > > Doug > > On 4-Jun-10, at 12:56 AM, David Bircumshaw wrote: > > placating the restless >> sleep-walking dead >> > > 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.h tml > > because I want to die > > writing Haiku > > or, better, > > long lines, clean and syllabic as knotted bamboo. Yes! > > Phyllis Webb > -- (David) "Dave no more" Joseph Bircumshaw "Every old house was scaffolding once/And workmen whistling" Website and A Chide's Alphabet http://www.staplednapkin.org.uk The Animal Subsides http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/david.bircumshaw twitter: http://twitter.com/bucketshave blog: http://groggydays.blogspot.com/ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.437 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2915 - Release Date: 06/04/10 06:25:00