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Thanks, Doug. Lois was feisty. Bill On Thursday, 3 November 2016, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I liked the idea of a brief, Bill, & yes, it doesn’t really lead to > watching, but the concept of reading as experience, I like, & agree. > > I assume this is just a Boy’s Own poem, even though you admit Lois is the > adventurer… > > Doug > > On Nov 2, 2016, at 3:53 AM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask] > <javascript:;>> wrote: > > > > Fair question, P. I suppose I mean that besides watching adventures, > > besides reading adventures, you can also adventure by writing. But I > didn't > > develop the point and you're right, the rest of the poem doesn't lead > there. > > > > B > > > > On Wednesday, 2 November 2016, Patrick McManus < > > [log in to unmask] <javascript:;>> wrote: > > > >> Bill just one thing I wonder how write fitted in the last line -?cheers > P > >> > >> > >> On 02/11/2016 01:37, Bill Wootton wrote: > >> > >>> Thanks, Patrick, Sheila. > >>> > >>> I have already redrafted, to iron out a little inconsistency I hope. > >>> > >>> Adventure 2 > >>> > >>> Boys are supposed to be drawn to outdoor adventure > >>> Crashing about, bursting through adult constraints. > >>> > >>> Roughhousing on football fields, rafting rapids > >>> hiking up mountains, tenting in extremis. > >>> > >>> Others settle for a watching brief: TV Tarzan > >>> or vine-swinging Bomba the Jungle Boy. > >>> > >>> Superman boring through screen skies, > >>> Clark Kent ace reporter in the big suit, > >>> > >>> hero in hiding, Lois Lane charmer, > >>> snappy copy editor, cloakroom changer. > >>> > >>> See, it's assumed adventures take place outside > >>> But rollick in your head with Jack Schaeffer on the open > >>> > >>> range, get down where the iguanas play with Cormac. > >>> You'll get more than your fill of adventura, > >>> > >>> the original Latin root, meaning 'to arrive'. > >>> Switch on, open page: read, write, you're there! > >>> > >>> bw > >>> 2.11.16 > >>> > >>> On Wednesday, 2 November 2016, Sheila Murphy <[log in to unmask] > <javascript:;>> > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>> Bill, I like this! Comes to life - really! > >>>> > >>>> On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 3:07 PM, Patrick McManus < > >>>> [log in to unmask] <javascript:;> <javascript:;>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Hi Bill this reminds me -when a kid we rarely got American comics > (what a > >>>>> treat )and they had a very special smell!part of the enjoyment/escape > >>>>> > >>>>> thanks P > >>>>> > >>>>> not too sure about bores boringly?? > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> On 01/11/2016 21:38, Bill Wootton wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> Boys are supposed to be drawn to adventure > >>>>>> Crashing about, bursting through adult constraints > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Others settle for a watching brief: Tarzan on TV > >>>>>> or vine-swinging Bomba the Jungle Boy > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Superman bores through the skies boringly > >>>>>> Clark Kent the reporter in the big suit, > >>>>>> > >>>>>> hero in hiding, Lois Lane charmer, > >>>>>> snappy copy editor, more the adventurer > >>>>>> > >>>>>> See, it's assumed adventures take place outside > >>>>>> But rollick with Jack Schaeffer on the open range, > >>>>>> > >>>>>> get down where the iguanas play with Cormac > >>>>>> You'll get more than your fill of adventura, > >>>>>> > >>>>>> the original Latin root, meaning 'to arrive'. > >>>>>> Open that page: read, write, you're there! > >>>>>> > >>>>>> bw > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > > Douglas Barbour > [log in to unmask] <javascript:;> > https://eclecticruckus.wordpress.com/ > > Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations & Continuations > 2 (UofAPress). > Recording Dates (Rubicon Press). > > Four or five couplets trying to dance > into Persia. Who dances in Persia now? > > A magic carpet, a prayer mat, red. > A knocked off head of somebody on her broken knees. > > Phyllis Webb >