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Max, thanks for your lovely note! I cracked up on your last paragraph, then of course, I must offer the weather report, to stay with it here: Phoenix, Arizona, USA, back to our preferred 72-degrees F following huge frigidity for us going down to the 30s, even high 20s near here at night, prompting high-energy covering of all and sundry plants, with the possible exception of saguaros! :) Warmly, indeed, Sheila On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 11:13 AM, Max Richards <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Sheila, you're a dear. > > I open my in-box, thinking, ooo, lots of responses to my spring-summer > piece, > and they're all about the freeze in the UK (all very colourful and lively > writing, not to mention their experiences) but you're the appreciator. > > (I've fiddled with it since beefing up the hints about pollination, > breeding, > etc. Mosquitoes need our blood to breed. Only, to fill out the pattern I > would > have had to truthfully mention that my dog is neutered and I am whatever > the > male version is of past childbearing...) > > best from Max > p s - how's the weather in your parts? > > Quoting Sheila Murphy <[log in to unmask]>: > > > Max, you've done it again! This "Spring to Summer" is vibrant and so very > > palpable to me. That blast "Cicadas!" is so lovely and real. The "m" > sounds > > really do wonders. > > > > Gracias from the American Southwester, Sheila E > > > > On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 9:03 AM, Patrick McManus < > > [log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > > > Max We could do with a bit of sun here! And my son in orpington is > snowed > > > in!freezing all day > > > P > > > > > > > > > frrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr > > > rrrrrrrrrrrrrrr > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > On > > > Behalf Of Max Richards > > > Sent: 30 November 2010 22:57 > > > To: [log in to unmask] > > > Subject: snap: spring to summer > > > > > > Spring to Summer > > > > > > > > > Shouldering through long grasses > > > my dog sends up clouds of pollen > > > > > > light and bright under morning sun - > > > returns dew-sprinkled > > > > > > from muzzle to tail shivery - > > > to me, nostril-twitching hayfevery. > > > > > > Cicadas! as noonday warms > > > their trees, the raucous chorus begins, > > > > > > invisible cicada-swarms' > > > new concert season - > > > > > > stilled by night, when > > > mosquitoes home in > > > > > > with sleep-denying hum. > > > > > > > > > Max Richards in Melbourne > > > 1 December 2010 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > This email was sent from Netspace Webmail: http://www.netspace.net.au >