Thanks Andrew and thanks for your continuing patient attention L On Fri, December 30, 2011 03:53, Andrew Burke wrote: > Yes, Lawrence, an active poem - the best of a still life, Olson's 'nature > seen as vertical' maybe not relationship (I'll look it up and get back > to you when I'fve done the shopping in this inactive borough at end of > year). > > Andrew > > > On 30 December 2011 02:15, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > >> I like this for its short, sharp action, Lawrence. >> >> >> The earlier one perhaps included too much thought about...? The good >> sudden moments enclosed somewhat... >> >> Doug >> On 2011-12-29, at 9:32 AM, Lawrence Upton wrote: >> >> >>> From the right of the slipway, and across >>> halfway, and to the bar centre; between the porth and cove, threads of >>> rotten tapestry now disintegrating, thrown on the floor. >>> >>> At their end, they swivel back, a short length >>> which meets a straight edge coming from the north. Between these, under >>> the flattened wigwam, large pebbles, weeds, but mostly disturbed sand. >>> >>> >>> Above, grey at each side the bar’s high waist; >>> and, further still, chaos of browned over rocks, taking hold of all the >>> rising east. >>> >>> Round the south curve from bar into island, >>> ground cover of seaweed tangled stranded layering its bright sun >>> shimmering darkness. >>> >>> >>> ----- >>> UNFRAMED GRAPHICS by Lawrence Upton >>> 42 pages; A5 paperback; colour cover >>> Writers Forum 978 1 84254 277 4 >>> wfuk.org.uk/blog ---- >>> >>> >> >> 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 >> >> >> The foreign city of two minds >> is my home >> >> Michele Leggott >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > -- > Andrew > http://hispirits.blogspot.com/ > http://www.mullamullapress.com/QWERTY > BLUE ROSE enovel avail. at Amazon, Smashwords and > http://etextpress.com/books.htm > > ----- UNFRAMED GRAPHICS by Lawrence Upton 42 pages; A5 paperback; colour cover Writers Forum 978 1 84254 277 4 wfuk.org.uk/blog ----