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Thanks, Doug, Patrick. This was 11 years ago in another lifetime. This summer we have almost seen out. 4 degrees here in Hepburn Springs this morning, rising to 20 during the day. And the green is returning. Bill On Thu, 27 Feb 2020 at 4:40 am, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > In the moment, & in that state of frightened anticipation, nicely caught, > Bill… > > Doug > > > On Feb 26, 2020, at 2:36 AM, Patrick McManus < > [log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > > ah yes Bill -sad times > > > > On 25/02/2020 21:10, Bill Wootton wrote: > >> Black Saturday > >> > >> > >> i > >> > >> > >> While we waited > >> > >> the earth rumbled > >> > >> We licked our lips > >> > >> eyes on the horizon > >> > >> What would it be first? > >> > >> Flaming embers, bright orange heat > >> > >> or the over-amplified sound of crackling branches? > >> > >> > >> ii > >> > >> > >> While we slept > >> > >> it murdered on > >> > >> in Strathewan, Marysville, St Andrews > >> > >> When my eyes flicked open myopically > >> > >> I thought the blowsy box-leaf canopy > >> > >> was a massive plume of smoke > >> > >> But it wasn’t. This time > >> > >> > >> bw > >> > > 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): > > > Done in by creation itself. > > I mean the gods. Not us. Well us too. > The gods moved into books. Who wrote the books? > We wrote the books. In whose dream, then are we dreaming? > > Robert Kroetsch > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ######################################################################## > > 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