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Yes of course, Doug. That's the catch. Bill On Fri, 7 Jul 2017 at 2:24 am, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > It is an interesting thought, Bill, with the caveat/conundrum, that you > cant have it without words… > > Doug > > On Jul 5, 2017, at 3:27 AM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > > > Thanks Sheila, Andrew, Patrick. Not sure where poem leads. Don't want to > > suggest that action is all. Just occurred to me that it is such a human > > trait to name as in 'particular noun' things almost as a reflex, maybe in > > the process missing intrinsic qualities of things. > > > > Bill > > > > On Wed, 5 Jul 2017 at 5:19 PM, Patrick McManus < > > [log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > >> Hi Bill Grenfell has terrible resonances here in uk the tower block > >> disaster > >> > >> poets doing stuff without wording ! > >> > >> cheers P > >> > >> > >> On 04/07/2017 23:21, Bill Wootton wrote: > >>> Why must we - > >>> traverse the Darling River, > >>> accept shade from a coolibah tree, > >>> chinwag with Henry at Grenfell? > >>> > >>> We could cross a river, > >>> sit under a tree, > >>> meet someone at a place. > >>> But why even that? > >>> > >>> Why the compulsion to designate? > >>> For efficiency's sake? aesthetics? > >>> Was there ever a time > >>> we just took things > >>> > >>> for what they were, > >>> did stuff, > >>> without > >>> wording? > >>> > >>> bw > >> > > 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 >