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Thanks Pat, Doug and Andrew again. Not that it matters, I suppose but I googled monkey bars for images and maybe my memory is faulty: it looks like fivers would have been easily possible. Bill On Thu, 8 Dec 2016 at 3:53 AM, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > It doe work better this way, Bill. > > > > Usually it should come as it happens, but you’ve worked the lines well… > > > > Doug > > > On Dec 6, 2016, at 7:43 PM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > > > > > Good advice, Andrew, I think. Here's swinging version 2. Hope the > spacings > > > stay the same as on my page. > > > > > > Bill > > > > > > Monkey Bars 2 > > > > > > Queue up at recess and lunch > > > Get ready for > > > swinging action > > > Many options available > > > > > > Fourers for the fearless > > > swing-dangling from > > > one clinging hand > > > skipping two intervening bars > > > investing fully in reaching that fourth bar with your other outstretched > > > hand > > > even at risk of your head > > > bobbing up to hit an intervener > > > > > > Momentum the trick > > > so from the top rung > > > of the blue-grey metal ladder > > > lean out > > > to the > > > third bar > > > grip > > > then let her rip > > > hips and legs adding propulsion > > > > > > And don't stop there > > > maintain momentum > > > until swing-off > > > at other end > > > > > > Thing is you had to be of a size > > > to pull off fourers > > > grade five or six > > > Three-ers were all most could stretch to > > > in grade four > > > Two-ers were piddlers > > > but exciting in their way > > > ground being > > > so far below > > > when you are that small > > > > > > Monkey bar magic > > > That rush of created wind > > > playground chatter sounds changing > > > as you w h i z z by > > > no longer > > > earthbound > > > > > > bw > > > 7.12.16 > > > On Wed, 7 Dec 2016 at 11:34 AM, Andrew Burke <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > > > > >> The lines are a bit rigid, stuck to the left hand margin as they are. > Give > > >> > > >> the page more flight and energy by staggering the lines ... Just a > thought: > > >> > > >> the page is your playground. (As Duke said, 'It don't mean a thing if it > > >> > > >> ain't got that swing!') > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> Andrew > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> On 7 December 2016 at 07:41, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> > > >> wrote: > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >>> Queue up at recess and lunch > > >> > > >>> Get ready for swinging action > > >> > > >>> Many options available > > >> > > >>> > > >> > > >>> Fourers for the fearless > > >> > > >>> swing-dangling from one clinging hand > > >> > > >>> skipping two intervening bars > > >> > > >>> investing fully in reaching that fourth bar with your other > outstretched > > >> > > >>> hand > > >> > > >>> even at risk of your head > > >> > > >>> bobbing up to hit an intervener > > >> > > >>> > > >> > > >>> Momentum the trick > > >> > > >>> so from the top rung > > >> > > >>> of the blue-grey metal ladder lean out > > >> > > >>> to the third bar > > >> > > >>> grip > > >> > > >>> then let her rip > > >> > > >>> hips and legs > > >> > > >>> adding propulsion > > >> > > >>> > > >> > > >>> And don't stop there > > >> > > >>> maintain momentum > > >> > > >>> until swing-off at other end > > >> > > >>> > > >> > > >>> Thing is you had to be of a size > > >> > > >>> to pull off fourers > > >> > > >>> grade five or six > > >> > > >>> Three-ers were all most could stretch to > > >> > > >>> in grade four > > >> > > >>> Two-ers were piddlers > > >> > > >>> but exciting in their way > > >> > > >>> ground being so far below > > >> > > >>> when you are that small > > >> > > >>> > > >> > > >>> Monkey bar magic > > >> > > >>> That rush of created wind > > >> > > >>> playground chatter sounds changing > > >> > > >>> as you whizz by > > >> > > >>> no longer earthbound > > >> > > >>> > > >> > > >>> bw > > >> > > >>> 6.12.16 > > >> > > >>> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> -- > > >> > > >> Andrew > > >> > > >> http://hispirits.blogspot.com/ > > >> > > >> Books available through Walleah Press > > >> > > >> http://walleahpress.com.au > > >> > > >> > > > > Douglas Barbour > > [log in to unmask] > > https://eclecticruckus.wordpress.com/ > > > > Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations & Continuations > 2 (UofAPress). > > Recording Dates (Rubicon Press). > > > > Venerable Optimist > > > > He saw the dark as a ragged garment > > spread out to air. > > Through its rents and moth-holes > > the silver light came pouring. > > > > Denise Levertov > >