Ah, I see. Ta for explaining!
I was wondering how this snap jibed with Elytis, of whom all I know is "The
Sovereign Sun". Did try reading initial letters, but got all imbrangled in
the consonants.
joanna
----- Original Message -----
From: "Douglas Barbour" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 4:16 PM
Subject: Re: snap 25 I 06
> Hi Patrick
>
> read the first word of every line down & you get the sentence from Elytis
> (which I came across in a ms of essays I was reading yesterday)....
>
> Doug
> On 26-Jan-06, at 12:52 AM, Patrick Mc Manus wrote:
>
>> Dear Douglas as the pig ignorant one here(actually pigs are
>> clever??)what's
>> this bit
>> Re-(word/line acrostic on a sentence from Odysseus Elytis)
>> All about??
>> And this is max bygraves ??re-things ain't what they used to be
>> P sic sic P haha re saxon
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Poetryetc provides a venue for a dialogue relating to poetry and
>> poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Douglas Barbour
>> Sent: 26 January 2006 04:12
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: snap 25 I 06
>>
>> We are in charge here so
>> don't mess with us We can
>> eavesdrop on anyone anytime
>> enough of them are found
>> on no solid ground
>> the law we ignored in
>> secret no longer counts whole
>> conversations captured
>> among those we know as enemy
>>
>> things ain't what they used to be
>>
>> Douglas Barbour
>> Wednesday January 25 2006
>> (word/line acrostic on a sentence from Odysseus Elytis)
>>
>>
>>
>> Douglas Barbour
>> 11655 - 72 Avenue NW
>> Edmonton Ab T6G 0B9
>> (780) 436 3320
>>
>> it's Sappho I said, on the radio
>>
>> Daphne Marlatt
>>
>>
> Douglas Barbour
> 11655 - 72 Avenue NW
> Edmonton Ab T6G 0B9
> (780) 436 3320
>
> it's Sappho I said, on the radio
>
> Daphne Marlatt
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