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no comment! but better than droop! On 23/01/2019 10:08, Bill Wootton wrote: > WelI , I did change it from ‘fondle’, Patrick. > > Bill > > On Wed, 23 Jan 2019 at 8:14 pm, Patrick McManus < > [log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> Hi Bill what fun -but I of course got a bit caught up about dangling my >> hose in the garden (esp if neighbours about!) but then I am a rather >> crude person being a poetperson >> >> On 22/01/2019 23:54, Sheila Murphy wrote: >>> There are many attractive features to this poem, Bill, and I appreciate >>> your use of the form. What you are saying makes the greatest sense to me. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Jan 22, 2019 at 4:38 PM Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> It’s bloody hot round our region at the moment. 26-41 on Friday >> predicted >>>> and we have only had 4 mm of rain in the last month. Hence the following >>>> villanelle. >>>> >>>> Summer’s the time to dangle your hose. >>>> >>>> Stand in the shade and let it pour out. >>>> >>>> Planting is poetry; watering prose. >>>> >>>> >>>> Beat back the dryness. Soak on. Interpose. >>>> >>>> You’re all that stands between lushness and drought. >>>> >>>> Summer’s the time to dangle your hose. >>>> >>>> >>>> Commune with magpies and kookas and crows. >>>> >>>> Swat wasps and mosquitoes - keep moving about. >>>> >>>> Planting is poetry; watering prose. >>>> >>>> >>>> You don’t need to think, the job’s H20’s. >>>> >>>> Be still for a while, be whisper, not shout. >>>> >>>> Summer’s the time to dangle your hose. >>>> >>>> >>>> The task is a matter of pauses and flows. >>>> >>>> Some plants you can trust, some leave you in doubt. >>>> >>>> Planting is poetry, watering prose. >>>> >>>> >>>> Douse that magnolia you carefully chose. >>>> >>>> Celebrate wins - cheer each small green sprout. >>>> >>>> Summer’s the time to dangle your hose. >>>> >>>> Planting is poetry; watering prose. >>>> >>>> >>>> bw >>>> >>>> ######################################################################## >>>> >>>> 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 >> > ######################################################################## > > 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