Ah, Andrew, yes, maybe. Patrick, sometimes the word that doesn’t quite ‘make sense’ is where the mystery resides, & here it are to me felt right. Anyway, maybe this, then:
the last muddy snow
has melted under
bright sun
brown grass sustains
across a quiet street
grocery bags stand
but a moment or two
on another’s front steps
Thanks all.
Doug
> On Apr 30, 2020, at 6:57 AM, Andrew Burke <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> As my friend Doug would say, too many articles ... *the*
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> A picture with story appeal.
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> Andrew
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> On Thu, 30 Apr 2020 at 09:10, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> Gentle, Doug. A covid-era poem. It could also almost be whittled down to a
>> haiku with those two images of subsiding snow and withdrawing bags.
>>
>> Bill
>>
>> On Thu, 30 Apr 2020 at 2:50 am, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]>
>> wrote:
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>>> the last muddy snow
>>> has melted under
>>> the bright sun
>>> the brown grass sustains
>>>
>>> across the quiet street
>>> the grocery bags stand
>>> but a moment or two
>>> on another’s front steps
>>>
Douglas Barbour
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Recording Dates (Rubicon Press).
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Shakespeare
drag yr mouldy old bones
up these stairs & tell me
what you died of,
I think
I’ve got it
too.
Sharon Thesen
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