much of this can be seen elsewhere, Lawrence, but the fox is especially English... see so fully, finely, & snappishly? Nah: tat's you at work.... Doug On 2011-08-13, at 9:59 AM, Lawrence Upton wrote: > old fox in a hedge > > coke can on a twig end > > hub cap among ivy > > > > > Tuesday, 30 November 2004 > near St Erth > > > ----- > UNFRAMED GRAPHICS by Lawrence Upton > 42 pages; A5 paperback; colour cover > Writers Forum 978 1 84254 277 4 > wfuk.org.uk/blog > ---- > Lawrence Upton > Dept of Music > Goldsmiths, University of London > Douglas Barbour [log in to unmask] http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/ http://eclecticruckus.wordpress.com/ Latest books: Continuations (with Sheila E Murphy) http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?LID=41&bookID=664 Wednesdays' http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2008/03/new-from-aboveground-press_10.html It is natural to speak of your own weaknesses so winsomely they will seem strengths, as if everyone else is inadequate if they do not have your inadequacies. William H. Gass