Now you've got me. It was a translation by Rexroth of 'Poems from The Greek
Anthology' - a book I've lost along the track. I should get it again - it
was a favourite some forty years ago! Andrew
On 9 March 2011 19:34, David Bircumshaw <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> My guess is that it's Sappho
>
> On 9 March 2011 11:21, Max Richards <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > enjoyable, Andrew.
> > Now kindly identify the great Greek poem you mention...
> >
> > Quoting andrew burke <[log in to unmask]>:
> >
> > > Reading aloud
> > > to my wife
> > > a delightfully academic
> > >
> > > description of
> > > my eco-conscious intent
> > > in a simple poem,
> > >
> > > we laugh
> > > like a tree full
> > > of kookaburras.
> > >
> > > ---------------------
> > >
> > > Have you had this too? The poem was a cut out from a journal entry
> about
> > > hanging out my washing when I lived in a flat. It was sprinkling that
> > day,
> > > but I knew the little shower wouldn't last, so it was a good idea to
> grab
> > > the communal clothesline when it was empty. Some other flat residents
> > passed
> > > me and looked quizzical. In the poem I noted they were going to an air
> > > conditioned cinema in an air conditioned car, whereas I was enjoying
> > light
> > > rain and would no doubt trail lawn clippings into my laundry (a
> domestic
> > > trivialised version of a great Greek poem about bringing the outdoors
> > inside
> > > and making love wildly in nature) ... The review made a lot out of my
> > > intentions, giving the poem much more weight than it really deserved.
> I'm
> > > not complaining - just laughing.
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > Andrew
> > > http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
> > > 'Mother Waits for Father Late' republished available at
> > > http://www.picaropress.com/
> > > http://www.qlrs.com/poem.asp?id=766
> > > http://frankshome.org/AndrewBurke.html
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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'Mother Waits for Father Late' republished available at
http://www.picaropress.com/
http://www.qlrs.com/poem.asp?id=766
http://frankshome.org/AndrewBurke.html
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