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Poems are designed to blow, are they not, Pat? Minnows et al sound nourished. Bill On 21/06/2012, at 6:21 PM, Patrick McManus wrote: > Max thanks - yup I looked up those great words wikip people do not need to > understand them -I am revising a bit -Dave was helpful cheers P > > > HE STUPIDLY > > he stupidly > wrote his poem > on paper > on a parapet > on a bridge > over a river > and of course > it blew off > fell -dropped into > the flowing river > where it floated > far out of sight > got waterlogged > got sodden > got sunk into > the waterweeds > Elodea canadensis > and got nibbled > by minnows > and attacked > by > pathogenic microorganisms > Schistosomatidae, > Cyclospora cayetanensis > Campylobacteriosis > Polyomaviruses > Leptospirosis > Salmonellosis > and finally > Legionellosis > which sadly > completely > finished it > off > > > pmcmanus > r88 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On > Behalf Of Max Richards > Sent: 20 June 2012 13:17 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: patsnap -<">.<">!<">.<">-Wednesday, 20 June 2012 > > starting with Elodea, on through those littlies with long names (where did > you get them from?) adds an extraordinary dimension, Patrick. > > A poet hereabouts called Mark O'Connor made himself the laureate of the > Barrier Reef packing in many long scientific names, but he sunk his poems > that way, to my mind, whereas here you make patterned music. > > Max > > On 20/06/2012, at 6:16 PM, Patrick McManus wrote: > >> HE STUPIDLY >> >> he stupidly >> wrote his snap >> poetryetc snap >> on paper >> on a parapet >> on a bridge >> over a river >> and blew off >> fell -dropped into >> the raging river >> where it floated >> far out of sight >> got waterlogged >> got sodden >> got sunk into >> the waterweeds >> Elodea canadensis >> and got nibbled >> by minnows >> and attacked >> by >> pathogenic microorganisms >> Schistosomatidae, >> Cyclospora cayetanensis >> Campylobacteriosis >> Polyomaviruses >> Leptospirosis >> Salmonellosis >> and finally >> Legionellosis >> which sadly >> completely >> finished it >> off >> >> >> pmcmanus >> r88 > >