It's a sort of pun or joke on 'and roo' - Ozzifying it. In this town we
have three Australian poets, all called Andrew. At times it gets confusing
for people, so I play with my name - better than Andy, or Drew, or Andre.
In ways y're right: there's Jacko and Davo, Snow and Willo, Joe-Blow and
So-and-so. Maybe women get other endings - like Lizzie and Julie, Mary and
Toni ... and the well-known Sheila which has become a generic term for
women in Australia.
It's a whole other discussion, isn't it. I'll dig out an Aussie vernacular
poem I wrote in China for the Yanks there - and post it when I find it.
Androo
On 12 April 2012 15:32, Lawrence Upton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> That's interesting, Androo. Androo? Must be the Australian tendency to put
> an o of everything.
>
> (You may not know that. I have said that to several Australians who seemed
> surprised. I first noticed it years ago. I was carpet-cleaning -- pubs
> overnight, good money but killing -- and an Aussie who joined us: pass the
> spotto. Which meant _would you mind awfully passing the spot remover, old
> chap?_)
>
> But back to the poem. It's been several words and none of them quite gets
> what she did. It may be that what she did, the real child on the real
> wall, may have to be... er... smoothed.
>
> I'll have a think. I'm very grateful to you
>
> L
>
> On Thu, April 12, 2012 05:27, Andrew Burke wrote:
> > Lawrenzo - I liked it all but felt, after feeling the slo-mo effect of
> > the majority of the poem, that 'snatching' was a bit aggressive for her
> > movement there ... Just a thought.
> >
> > Androo
> >
> >
> > On 12 April 2012 02:01, Lawrence Upton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> >
> >> Thanks, Doug
> >>
> >>
> >> L
> >>
> >>
> >> On Wed, April 11, 2012 19:07, Douglas Barbour wrote:
> >>
> >>> Nicely seen & juedged, especially the 'stumble' on 'that // far'...
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Doug
> >>> On 2012-04-11, at 9:28 AM, Lawrence Upton wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> snapshot
> >>>>
> >>>> a child on a wall untouched a touch shaky on narrowness
> >>>>
> >>>> snatching at air between herself and a bush
> >>>>
> >>>> as if to pull them – herself and the bush – closer to each other
> >>>>
> >>>> unable to go that
> >>>>
> >>>> far without stumbling from the edginess
> >>>>
> >>>> urging herself “Reach! Reach!” turning towards people
> >>>>
> >>>> and their beyond world commands “Go away! All go!”
> >>>>
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