Used to be the first cuckoo heralded the arrival of spring -- now it's the
first leaf on the line which stops a train to tell you autumn's here.
As for snow -- gawdelpuz!!!
R. snowed in and on in Darlington
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From: Lawrence Upton:
snowed in in Orpington?
I was on West Croydon station this morning - a scene of arctic desolation;
so I went upstairs and out into the street - relatively warm, snow
cleared, trams moving
I went over to East Croydon and was on a train within minutes. Nothing had
moved at WC for 40 mins
It was difficult to get home last night but not because of being snowed in
- rather people who love cars had thrown all the snow and ice on the road
on to the pavements
and everyone is buying up groceries in case the shops run out, thereby
running the shops out
The Vacuum help us if there is ever a real civil emergency here
Diarrhoea Trains must have read the weather forecast as we all did; but
the snow seems to have come as surprise
L
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On Wed, December 1, 2010 16:03, Patrick McManus wrote:
> Max We could do with a bit of sun here! And my son in orpington is snowed
> in!freezing all day P
> frrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
> rr 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
