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Hi Doug, Yes, as everyone says, powerful. I also liked the sonics, especially around: a man or woman powers policy makes or takes phonecalls listens & gives orders to men & women serving country party self This gets something incantatory going. Best,Jill ________________________ Jill Jones www.jilljones.com.au Latest book: Brink, Five Islands Press http://fiveislandspress.com/catalogue/brink-jill-jones ----- Original Message ----- From: "Poetryetc: poetry and poetics" To: Cc: Sent:Thu, 30 Aug 2018 07:34:15 +0800 Subject:Re: snap the news 'Up there' reality gets drawn on battle plans. down here the boots get muddy (Woody busking at the automatic doors). Andrew On Thu, 30 Aug 2018 at 06:51, Bill Wootton wrote: > Ah, the dangers of the right, Doug, or, worse, a clarified right. That’s > ‘in’ I presume in line 1. > > Bill > > On Thu, 30 Aug 2018 at 6:40 am, Sheila Murphy > wrote: > > > Painful reality, Doug. Very accurately drawn and raw. That unbearable, > > inaccurate self confidence. > > > > Thanks, Sheila > > > > On Wed, Aug 29, 2018, 8:15 AM Douglas Barbour > > wrote: > > > > > On the 31st floor > > > a gold plated door > > > won’t keep out > > > the Lord’s burning rain > > > Gram Parsons > > > > > > on just such a floor i > > > some office suite > > > a man or woman powers policy > > > makes or takes phonecalls > > > listens & gives orders to > > > men & women serving > > > country party self > > > people will die some > > > rape & torture inevitable > > > in this messy arrangement > > > called war or cleansing > > > there are precedents & > > > a clarified future to achieve > > > & will will power > > > it all > > > abstracted up there > > > they know they’re right > > > > > > > > > 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): > > > > > > > > > Shakespeare > > > Drag yr mouldy old bones > > > Up these stairs & tell me > > > What you died of, > > > I think > > > I’ve got it > > > Too. > > > > > > Sharon Thesen > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ######################################################################## > > > > > > To unsubscribe from the POETRYETC list, click the following link: > > > https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=POETRYETC&A=1 > > > > > > > ######################################################################## > > > > To unsubscribe from the POETRYETC list, click the following link: > > https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=POETRYETC&A=1 > > > > ######################################################################## > > To unsubscribe from the POETRYETC list, click the following link: > https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=POETRYETC&A=1 > -- Andrew http://hispirits.blogspot.com/ Books available through Walleah Press http://walleahpress.com.au ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the POETRYETC list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=POETRYETC&A=1 ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the POETRYETC list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=POETRYETC&A=1