It means flat, Patrick.
On 14 September 2011 13:59, Patrick McManus
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> What's a flat poem? P the ignorant does it mean bad or unteresting or
> brilliant or summat Dave tell me what you think much obligededed P
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of David Bircumshaw
> Sent: 14 September 2011 11:59
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: pat snap --\\\\\\'\\\\\\\\\\'\\\\\\\\\\'\\\\\\\\--Wednesday,
> 14
> September 2011
>
> In Leicester
> the revolutionary youth
> torched an Age Concern minibus
>
> while in Libya
> the heroes of the Arab Spring
> beat Negroes
>
> to a pulp. And then
> took aim.
>
>
>
> ( I thought I'd write an equally flat poem from another point of view)
>
> On 14 September 2011 10:18, Tim Allen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Lovely!
> >
> > Tim
> >
> >
> > On 14 Sep 2011, at 08:48, Patrick McManus wrote:
> >
> > SPRINGS
> >> 2011
> >>
> >> Arab spring
> >> Arab youth
> >> Arab uprisings
> >> applauded
> >> wonderful!
> >>
> >> British spring
> >> British youth
> >> British uprisings
> >> condemned
> >> terrible!
> >>
> >>
> >> pmcmanus
> >> q903
> >>
> >
>
>
> --
> David Joseph Bircumshaw
> "The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is
> that none of it has tried to contact us."
> - Calvin & Hobbes
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David Joseph Bircumshaw
"The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is
that none of it has tried to contact us."
- Calvin & Hobbes
Website and A Chide's Alphabet
http://www.staplednapkin.org.uk
The Animal Subsides http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/david.bircumshaw
twitter: http://twitter.com/bucketshave
blog: http://groggydays.blogspot.com/
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