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thanks Bill and Doug some library terms come to mind like non-renewable expired close to cliche? also a shelf quality - cheers P On 12/07/2017 16:11, Douglas Barbour wrote: > Agreeing with Bill, here, Patrick. Was gong to mention that well thumbed wood. > > Add something about the librarian finally being shelved…? > > Doug >> On Jul 12, 2017, at 3:48 AM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >> No help on the appropriate Dewey number, Patrick but a great idea for a >> poem. Not sure that the bookshelves themselves could be 'well thumbed' >> unless perhaps you mean raked over in search of absent books? Also, maybe >> some quality/ies (besides popularity) of the particular librarian could be >> allowed? I like that this librarian is ungendered. >> >> Bill >> >> On Wed, 12 Jul 2017 at 7:38 PM, Patrick McManus < >> [log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >>> *I don't know where anchor things came from -eek!they disappeared!!!! rah >>> >>> >>> On 12/07/2017 10:35, Patrick McManus wrote: >>>> * still playing with this maybe some library /book images any comments >>>> corrections and god knows what else welcome >>>> * >>>> >>>> *I don't know where anchor things came from -eek! >>>> * >>>> >>>> *022.08803* >>>> >>>> at the funeral >>>> >>>> when they >>>> >>>> sadly buried >>>> >>>> the popular >>>> >>>> old librarian >>>> >>>> it was thought >>>> >>>> a lovely idea >>>> >>>> to have made >>>> >>>> the coffin >>>> >>>> out of his old >>>> >>>> much used aged >>>> >>>> well thumbed >>>> >>>> oak bookshelves >>>> >>>> and then >>>> >>>> having fixed >>>> >>>> a polished >>>> >>>> brass plate >>>> >>>> beautifully engraved >>>> >>>> 022.08803 >>>> >>>> the Dewey Decimal >>>> >>>> Classification number >>>> >>>> warmly indicating >>>> >>>> ‘our Librarian’s coffin’ >>>> >>>> /pmcmanus/ >>>> >>>> /s185/ >>>> >>>> 022.08803* >>>> >>>> this number is a guess with help >>>> >>>> from my friends is there anyone >>>> >>>> can make it more precise? >>>> >>>> -be most appreciated > Douglas Barbour > [log in to unmask] > https://eclecticruckus.wordpress.com/ > > Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations & Continuations 2 (UofAPress). > Recording Dates (Rubicon Press). > Listen. If (UofAPress): > > The palms rattle, the eucalypts > shed bark and blossom. Uninterpreted. > > Denise Levertov