Sheila, you're a dear.
I open my in-box, thinking, ooo, lots of responses to my spring-summer piece,
and they're all about the freeze in the UK (all very colourful and lively
writing, not to mention their experiences) but you're the appreciator.
(I've fiddled with it since beefing up the hints about pollination, breeding,
etc. Mosquitoes need our blood to breed. Only, to fill out the pattern I would
have had to truthfully mention that my dog is neutered and I am whatever the
male version is of past childbearing...)
best from Max
p s - how's the weather in your parts?
Quoting Sheila Murphy <[log in to unmask]>:
> Max, you've done it again! This "Spring to Summer" is vibrant and so very
> palpable to me. That blast "Cicadas!" is so lovely and real. The "m" sounds
> really do wonders.
>
> Gracias from the American Southwester, Sheila E
>
> On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 9:03 AM, Patrick McManus <
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Max We could do with a bit of sun here! And my son in orpington is snowed
> > in!freezing all day
> > P
> >
> >
> frrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
> > rrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> > Behalf Of Max Richards
> > Sent: 30 November 2010 22:57
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: snap: spring to summer
> >
> > Spring to Summer
> >
> >
> > Shouldering through long grasses
> > my dog sends up clouds of pollen
> >
> > light and bright under morning sun -
> > returns dew-sprinkled
> >
> > from muzzle to tail shivery -
> > to me, nostril-twitching hayfevery.
> >
> > Cicadas! as noonday warms
> > their trees, the raucous chorus begins,
> >
> > invisible cicada-swarms'
> > new concert season -
> >
> > stilled by night, when
> > mosquitoes home in
> >
> > with sleep-denying hum.
> >
> >
> > Max Richards in Melbourne
> > 1 December 2010
> >
> >
> >
>
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