Thanks, Sheila, Stephen, & Jill: yes, Creeley, shovelling...
(Of course in the 'real' world, after all the snow, we get above freezing temps to melt & pack it. Possible floodsing of basements coming; though in Edmonton nothing like the floods expected in Manitoba come spring [& nothing like the floods weve been watching over there, Jill]),
Doug
On 2011-01-26, at 2:58 PM, Jill Jones wrote:
> The 'slowly' rather than 'slow' seems important - and matching the 'shortly'.
>
> Like Stephen I caught a Creeley hint.
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