thanks, Andrew
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On Wed, April 25, 2012 12:05, Andrew Burke wrote:
> That's a clear, active picture, Lawrence. I felt the splash! Andrew
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> On 25 April 2012 17:25, Patrick McManus
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>> Spats ! that's a word I have not read in ages
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
>> Behalf Of Lawrence Upton
>> Sent: 25 April 2012 09:30
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: snap - Empty cafe courtyard
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>> Rain has stretched the overhead awnings full,
>> bellying them downwards under their loaded weights: it glitters and
>> glints upward at a distance, fountaining the new thin brightness back
>> into sky as if aware of its own appearance - long dangly earrings; that
>> sort of show off; but it's windy; else there'd still be much cloud; and
>> these suspended ponds are rocked, shortly, and ripped, splashing on to
>> drying pavement, like an old man who is pissing in spats.
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>> -----
>> Lawrence Upton
>> Visiting Fellow, Music Dept,
>> Goldsmiths, University of London
>> New Cross, London SE14 6NW
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Lawrence Upton
Visiting Fellow, Music Dept,
Goldsmiths, University of London
New Cross, London SE14 6NW
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