As, perhaps, in 'snap to attention' - as good poems do for me, and, probably, most.
"snap, crackle & pop" - Never liked the cereal, but phrasing, yes.
Stephen V
--- On Thu, 9/23/10, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
From: Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: What does Snap mean?
To: [log in to unmask]
Date: Thursday, September 23, 2010, 8:21 AM
Andrew
you obviously have a working memory
which is more than I do, for sure...
aging gracefully....
Doug
On 22-Sep-10, at 6:50 PM, andrew burke wrote:
> It began when Doug posted a para about the weather where he is - Canada,
> freezing cold - and I replied with a snapshot of the wsizzling weather where
> I am - West coast Australia. I can't remember who actually called them
> 'Snaps' but it was a great idea.
> They have been used by people as vague prompts or as a place to present a
> draft of a work they are working on.
>
> Andrew
Douglas Barbour
[log in to unmask]
http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/
Latest books:
Continuations (with Sheila E Murphy)
http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?LID=41&bookID=664
Wednesdays'
http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2008/03/new-from-aboveground-press_10.html
There is much to be said in favor of modern journalism. By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, it keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community.
Oscar Wilde
|