It could be called "Stargeezer's Lament"
On 26/03/2008, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Thanks Dave but so sad
> Patrick in his shell
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> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of David Bircumshaw
> Sent: 26 March 2008 09:19
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: pat snap *_*_* Wednesday, 26 March 2008
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> that made me smile, Patrick. Here's a wee haiku I've just made up, with
> apologies to Basho's pond and frog, just for you:
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> Orion and the moon
> porchlight a winter sky. Oops ~
> snail shell crunching sound.
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> On 26/03/2008, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> > BY CHANCE
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> >
> > He
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> > by chance
> >
> > in the middle
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> > of the night
> >
> > peered out
> >
> > through his lacy
> >
> > curtained windows
> >
> > and saw
> >
> > under the full moon
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> > of the clear sky
> >
> > on his fine
> >
> > ghostly lawn
> >
> > surrounded by it's
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> > herbaceous borders
> >
> > topiaried hedges
> >
> > the Worms so
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> > elegantly dancing
> >
> > a pavane or galliard
> >
> > swaying so gently
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> > perhaps he could hear
> >
> > faintest of courtly
> >
> > strummed music
> >
> >
> >
> > He
> >
> > decided not
> >
> > to tell Her
> >
> > about it in
> >
> > the morning
> >
> > but
> >
> > fondly regarded
> >
> > the casts
> >
> > left behind
> >
> > little ringed
> >
> > reminders
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> >
> >
> >
> > pmcmanus
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> > q227
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> > raynes park London uk
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> > 08:49
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>
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> David Bircumshaw
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David Bircumshaw
Website and A Chide's Alphabet
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/david.bircumshaw/
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Leicester Poetry Society: http://www.poetryleicester.co.uk
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