It’s implied Patrick, & I think sounds better & tauter without.. but, of course, your call… Doug > On Apr 24, 2019, at 9:28 AM, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Thanks Douglas will consider but -for this old head 'and also' follows from his 'and' problem above -yet another ordeal cheers old P > > On 24/04/2019 15:54, Douglas Barbour wrote: >> An intriguingly comic vision of the past (present), Patrick. But I agree with Bill: you don’t need that ‘and also’… >> >> Doug >> >>> On Apr 24, 2019, at 12:35 AM, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >>> >>> WRITERS BLOCK >>> >>> the poet >>> was sulking >>> rather frustrated >>> realising that >>> writing had not >>> yet been invented >>> let alone language >>> >>> and >>> outside >>> his cave >>> there was >>> that mangey >>> sabre tooth tiger >>> stalking him >>> >>> and also >>> perhaps he will >>> have to just >>> take up wall >>> painting >>> >>> >>> pmcmanus >>> s468 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): Springtime’s wide water- yield but the field will return Lorine Niedecker ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the POETRYETC list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=POETRYETC&A=1