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My guess is that it's Sappho On 9 March 2011 11:21, Max Richards <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > enjoyable, Andrew. > Now kindly identify the great Greek poem you mention... > > Quoting andrew burke <[log in to unmask]>: > > > Reading aloud > > to my wife > > a delightfully academic > > > > description of > > my eco-conscious intent > > in a simple poem, > > > > we laugh > > like a tree full > > of kookaburras. > > > > --------------------- > > > > Have you had this too? The poem was a cut out from a journal entry about > > hanging out my washing when I lived in a flat. It was sprinkling that > day, > > but I knew the little shower wouldn't last, so it was a good idea to grab > > the communal clothesline when it was empty. Some other flat residents > passed > > me and looked quizzical. In the poem I noted they were going to an air > > conditioned cinema in an air conditioned car, whereas I was enjoying > light > > rain and would no doubt trail lawn clippings into my laundry (a domestic > > trivialised version of a great Greek poem about bringing the outdoors > inside > > and making love wildly in nature) ... The review made a lot out of my > > intentions, giving the poem much more weight than it really deserved. I'm > > not complaining - just laughing. > > > > -- > > > > Andrew > > http://hispirits.blogspot.com/ > > 'Mother Waits for Father Late' republished available at > > http://www.picaropress.com/ > > http://www.qlrs.com/poem.asp?id=766 > > http://frankshome.org/AndrewBurke.html > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > This email was sent from Netspace Webmail: http://www.netspace.net.au > -- David Joseph Bircumshaw "hell is other poets" 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/