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Hi Bill liked gist of this -not sure you need brackets-personally I preferred the ending to the first version -the second version ending seemed to this old soul a bit clunky -maybe it's just me !!cheers P -----Original Message----- From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Bill Wootton Sent: 21 July 2015 23:00 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Drifters Drifters First drift Can words drift into poetry, (begin prosaically, informatively, looking for all the world at first, like workmanlike, jobbing sentence components) and then, (right under your eyes as it were, before you're aware) transform through dent of odd placement or line turn, into thought-provocative perception-inverters, mood-changers, joy inspirers, propellers into the uncanny? Second drift Can words drift into poetry? Beginning prosaically, informatively, looking for all the world, to be workmanlike, jobbing sentence components, then right beneath your eyes, as it were, before you're aware, transforming, through dent of odd placement or line turn, into mood-changers, joy-inspirers, perception-inverters, propellers into uncanny mind zones? bw 22 .7.15 Preferences, other ideas, people of the poetryetc?