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Ive heard it said. & it was in tthe talk of the person whose voice I was trying to catch. Really the lines are all of reasonable length although irregular; but I have deployed a number of techniques which, when I wrote it - it was some time ago - were intended to convey faltering or querulous speech. Rightly or wrongly. I am sure they wouldn't survive jisc and so I went for this version. Bit sloppy, but there you are L On 4 February 2015 at 16:48, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Ah sad lost love -just wondered L does any-one 'put off a coat' or is this > Sutton talk? cheers P > Interested you made long first lines which broke down > > -----Original Message----- > From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On > Behalf Of Lawrence Upton > Sent: 04 February 2015 12:19 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Three Memento Mori > > I've adopted certain of your gestures > > refining them as acts of memory > > a sort of stillness in some ways you moved > > that is both elegant and sexy > > in a way I > > cannot > > understand > > my lines fall > > short of it > > it *is* > > and so, > > quite often > > simple > > processes > > like putting off > > a coat and > > rolling it > > into a rucksack > > bring back > > your presence > > and the joy I have > > lost breaks into me > > like cold rain which I > > receive > > shelterless > > > > > > > > today it's an old fashioned signpost, > > two arms of three intact, > > pointing from nowhere to nowhere > > in an arrowhead triangle > > of marigolds, daisies, docks and heaping grass; > > but there're other things of great variety; > > this has stout bolts and persistent paint, > > the lettering clear; the top like a small church spire > > > > clouds deny gravity > > above encircling hedges > > at the world's top > > > > speechless > > > > > > > > grief does not need > > a body or a loss > > > > it is both > > > > one walks forgetful > > a mouth within >