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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