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I might invoke C.G. Jung's term "synchronicity" to describe the particular quality of the work of genius in this instance. Barry On Fri, 22 Feb 2019 07:56:02 +1100, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >That is an amazing confession and revelation, Doug. What happens with the >head down eh! > >Bill > >On Fri, 22 Feb 2019 at 5:16 am, Sheila Murphy <[log in to unmask]> >wrote: > >> It's called genius, Doug! >> >> On Thu, Feb 21, 2019, 10:01 AM Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> >> wrote: >> >> > Thanks everyone. Barry, that’s a great notice; I missed the acrostic too; >> > it was something that happened without plan. >> > >> > Doug >> > >> > > On Feb 21, 2019, at 3:24 AM, Patrick McManus < >> > [log in to unmask]> wrote: >> > > >> > > I missed acrostic! cheers thanks >> > > >> > > & drift memory >> > > sounds like me! >> > > >> > > On 20/02/2019 22:45, Sheila Murphy wrote: >> > >> Yes, so good with that acrostic nicely and neatly embedded. Thanks, >> > Doug! >> > >> >> > >> On Wed, Feb 20, 2019 at 2:47 PM Barry Alpert < >> > >> [log in to unmask]> wrote: >> > >> >> > >>> Doug, >> > >>> >> > >>> Gradually discovered the acrostic after noting the unusual 4/5/1/4 >> > >>> stanzaic pattern for a sonnet. A very strong "turn" from the end of >> the >> > >>> 10th line to the beginning of the 11th. >> > >>> >> > >>> Barry >> > >>> >> > >>> On Wed, 20 Feb 2019 10:50:32 -0700, Douglas Barbour < >> > [log in to unmask]> >> > >>> wrote: >> > >>> >> > >>>> meet the parents >> > >>>> each time the same >> > >>>> and different >> > >>>> tell that to the kids >> > >>>> >> > >>>> body knows what body feels >> > >>>> loss across the years >> > >>>> ordinary people >> > >>>> or not all learn >> > >>>> dreams will falter >> > >>>> >> > >>>> & drift memory >> > >>>> >> > >>>> batters against stories >> > >>>> organizing what realities >> > >>>> no one can now recall >> > >>>> each time we tell them again >> > >>>> >> > >> > 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): >> > >> > >> > It was cold, in a way that Shadow was starting to become familiar with: >> > colder inside the building than out. He wondered how they did that, if it >> > was a British building secret. >> > >> > Neil Gaiman >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > ######################################################################## >> > >> > 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