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Precipice feeling and very attuned to what we do not know, and I value this, Doug. On Thu, Dec 20, 2018 at 9:31 AM Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Thanks everyone. Interesting question of a kind I often ask Bill, so I’ll > think on it; wanted the question opening up there, I think. > > Doug > > > On Dec 19, 2018, at 3:28 PM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > > > Interesting, Doug and loomy, gloomy. Could almost be the dark cousin of > > Jill’s piece. I like the choice of ‘swift’, which for me, works just as > > well as an adjective as a cobbled verb. ‘thrown outlines’ also works > well. > > Just wonder: do you need ‘are they’? > > > > Bill > > > > On Thu, 20 Dec 2018 at 3:42 am, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> > > wrote: > > > >> but three shadows swift > >> across sand as if > >> sails not > >> > >> the thrown outlines > >> of something huge > >> about to drop > >> > >> are they gifts > >> or bombs > >> > >> > >> > > 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): > > > Oh, goddamnit, we forgot the silent prayer. > > Dwight D, Eisenhower > [at a cabinet meeting] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ######################################################################## > > 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