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Ah, I wonder which party might take that ill-gotten joy, Doug. Bill On Thursday, September 24, 2015, Patrick McManus < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > cheers Douglas not completely sure about' denuding trees' wodya think?? P > > -----Original Message----- From: Douglas Barbour > Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2015 7:15 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: snap: the fall > > And so, a change up: > > all too quickly > the return in time > as leaves leave green behind > > this yellow, gold, amber not > déjà vu exactly just > a remembrance come again again > > a harsh wind this day > begins to denude the trees > too soon this early fall > > no joy in that of leaves > but hard earned schadenfreude > should one party follow that trajectory > > > Doug > On Sep 23, 2015, at 12:14 PM, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > Ha, thanks, Patrick, I was doing some rewriting as I type, & didn’t >> notice. Perhaps, then… >> >> Doug >> On Sep 23, 2015, at 12:11 PM, Patrick McManus < >> [log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >> Too soon twice?intentional?I had a fall recently all too quickly :-) >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On >>> Behalf Of Douglas Barbour >>> Sent: 23 September 2015 18:14 >>> To: [log in to unmask] >>> Subject: snap: the fall >>> >>> all too quickly >>> the return in time >>> as leaves leave green behind >>> >>> this yellow, gold, amber not >>> déjà vu exactly just >>> a remembrance come again too soon >>> >>> a harsh wind this day >>> begins to denude the trees >>> too soon this early fall >>> >>> no joy in that of leaves >>> but hard earned schadenfreude >>> should one party follow that trajectory >>> >>> >>> Douglas Barbour >>> [log in to unmask] >>> >>> Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations & Continuation >>> 2 >>> (UofAPress). >>> Recording Dates (Rubicon Press). >>> >>> Done in by creation itself. >>> >>> I mean the gods. Not us. Well us too. >>> The gods moved into books. Who wrote the books? >>> We wrote the books. In whose dream, then are we dreaming? >>> >>> Robert Kroetsch. >>> >> >> Douglas Barbour >> [log in to unmask] >> >> Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations & Continuation >> 2 (UofAPress). >> Recording Dates (Rubicon Press). >> >> Done in by creation itself. >> >> I mean the gods. Not us. Well us too. >> The gods moved into books. Who wrote the books? >> We wrote the books. In whose dream, then are we dreaming? >> >> Robert Kroetsch. >> >> >> >> >> >> > Douglas Barbour > [log in to unmask] > > Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations & Continuation 2 > (UofAPress). > Recording Dates (Rubicon Press). > > Done in by creation itself. > > I mean the gods. Not us. Well us too. > The gods moved into books. Who wrote the books? > We wrote the books. In whose dream, then are we dreaming? > > Robert Kroetsch.