I liked the image a few weeks ago, when autumn was still here, of an egret poised upon a horse's back in the sunshine amid the chicken trees and live oaks. M On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 6:44 PM, Max Richards <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > The nerve of present-day foxes! > On tv news last night a heron on a pile of rubbish floated along a flood, > making my dog approach the screen intently. > > Max in the warm > > > On 8/12/10 9:06 PM, "Patrick McManus" <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > > Max cheers tyger tiger Here in London Foxes seem to be getting tamer > one > > walked in front of me down the road after a poetry workshop last > night-and > > recently a heron settled in my garden -a first -sort of cheering > > Patrick out in the cold > > -- Marthe Reed Director of Creative Writing Assistant Professor English Department UL Lafayette 337-482-5503 [log in to unmask] http://www.ucs.louisiana.edu/~mxr5675/home.html http://nous-zot.blogspot.com/ http://www.blackradishbooks.org/Reed.html _____________________________________ The biplane shuttles through the telegraph wires. The fountain sings the same old song. At the cab-drivers' bar, the drinks are orange, but the eyes of the engine drivers are white. The lady has lost her smile in the woods. --Philippe Soupault