I'm a newcomer to the list but great news indeed Arni. More good wishes
for your full recovery.
Mari-Lou
Mari-Lou Rowley
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Sent: March 29, 2005 7:57 AM
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Subject: Re: Working my way back to you babe
Wow, what great news. And what a fighter, our Årni is.
The best kind of Easter news....
Doug
On 28-Mar-05, at 2:01 PM, Alison Croggon wrote:
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> From: Árni Ibsen <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 17:31:25 +0000
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Working my way back to you babe
>
> Dear all,
>
> Just home for the Easter holidays. I still have a
> few more months in hospital. I still need more
> energy in my left leg and arm. And my eyes need
> to focus better. I have no hearing in my right
> ear. All I wanted to say, thank you for all the
> poems and kind thoughts. They did help and found
> them very moving. Last november I didn't bat an
> eyelid, but now full recovery seems possible.
> Untill the autumn...
>
> Best wishes
> Árni Ibsen
>
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>
>
Douglas Barbour
Department of English
University of Alberta
Edmonton Alberta T6G 2E5 Canada
(780) 436 3320
http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/dbhome.htm
He saw the dark as a ragged garment
spread out to air.
Through its rents and moth-holes
the silver light came pouring.
Denise Levertov
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