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Well, I mostly write by hand, then any small corrections before it goes onto the computer page (& sometime there too). But this lengthy cry de coeur for the past (lacking certain communications however with us, eh)? Doug > On Dec 2, 2015, at 10:28 AM, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > thanks Bill and Andrew for thoughts P yes nothing like bloody hands to write with!! > > -----Original Message----- From: Andrew Burke > Sent: Wednesday, December 2, 2015 10:31 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: pat snapped 715?? \*(_-=+=-_)*/ \*(_-=+=-_)*/ \*(_-=+=-_)*/ > > .Always interesting how poets write their drafts. Some transcript their > handwritten first thoughts to a typwewriter, then edit on hard copy before > transcribing it to computer. The blood to the hand, the rhythm of the > typewriter, the clarity of the computer - all lend a hand to the finished > work. > > I vary so much I can't describe any of it as a habit! > > Andrew > <https://www.avast.com/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> > This > email has been sent from a virus-free computer protected by Avast. > www.avast.com > <https://www.avast.com/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> > <#DDB4FAA8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> > > On 2 December 2015 at 20:02, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> What a cheery sounding Olivetti, Pat. Give it a whirl between emails. Take >> full typing fingervelongations. >> >> Bill >> >> On Wednesday, December 2, 2015, Patrick McManus < >> [log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >> > TEMPTATION >> > >> > after all hell >> > broke out >> > disaster >> > he was >> > sorely tempted >> > to take his >> > nasty evil >> > bloody minded >> > malevolent >> > computer >> > and cast it >> > into a furnace >> > roast it >> > melt it >> > or smash it >> > from a high >> > cliff face >> > to smithereens >> > back to rust >> > or similar >> > >> > and then >> > so cheered >> > go up into >> > the dusty loft >> > and reclaim >> > his beloved >> > old forgotten >> > Olivetti 22 >> > black keyboard >> > red typewriter >> > and retreat >> > into a simpler >> > more friendly >> > typewritten >> > world tickety >> > tickety tack >> > ping pingy >> > ping >> > >> > >> > pmcmanus >> > r856 >> > Douglas Barbour [log in to unmask] https://eclecticruckus.wordpress.com/ 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.