Ah it was Wahgunhah, on the other side of the Murray I was thinking of, Andrew. But I still stand by the seven pubs in Corowa, at least so there were in late last century. I'm in Cottles Bridge, on the border of St Andrews, 38 ks NE of Melbourne.
On 25/10/2012, at 5:53 PM, Andrew Burke <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Corowa is actually in NSW but only a stone's throw from Vic (near
> Rutherglen). 68 years ago I was born in Vic and Melbourne is the closest
> capital city by far. (No pun intended.) Where are you, Bill?
>
> Andrew
>
> On 25 October 2012 11:12, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Welcome to Victoria (again?) Andrew. As I recall it, there are seven pubs
>> in Corowa. Sing out when you've worked your way through them. Not all on
>> the one night I hope.
>>
>> Lyrics would work well for fun. First stanza needs work, particularly, in
>> mine too I know.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Bill
>> On 25/10/2012, at 11:06 AM, Andrew Burke wrote:
>>
>>> Great fun. If I only had time ... (I'd probably do song lyrics.) Andrew
>>>
>>> On 25 October 2012 02:43, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Snapping at all those poets, I think, Bill.
>>>>
>>>> A lot of finders-keepers work there...
>>>>
>>>> Doug
>>>> On 2012-10-23, at 2:33 PM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]>
>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Not really a snap, I suppose. Snapped together perhaps?
>>>>>
>>>>> Found Cento
>>>>>
>>>>> My silence seemed the lapse of a decade.
>>>>> Mr Fotheringham's white china teapot.
>>>>> The art of losing isn't hard to master.
>>>>> But this happened the day be fore yesterday.
>>>>> Finding is losing something else.
>>>>>
>>>>> It's always ourselves we find in the sea.
>>>>> And each slow dusk a drawing down of blinds.
>>>>> One day she left without a word. She took away the sun.
>>>>> The greatest griefs shall find themselves inside the smallest cage.
>>>>> Finding is losing something else.
>>>>>
>>>>> What is the boy now, who lost his ball,
>>>>> A ball to be thrown. These feet, deprived,
>>>>> Something has ceased to come along with me.
>>>>> The sea rushes at sand castles begging to be knocked flat.
>>>>> Finding is losing something else.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 1. Gregory Corso
>>>>> 2. Peter Bakowski
>>>>> 3. Elizabeth Bishop
>>>>> 4. Raymond Carver
>>>>> 5. Richard Brautigan
>>>>>
>>>>> 6. e e cummings
>>>>> 7. Wilfred Owen
>>>>> 8. anon. (Lemon Tree)
>>>>> 9. D J Enright
>>>>> 10. Richard Brautigan
>>>>>
>>>>> 11. John Berryman
>>>>> 12. Ted Hughes
>>>>> 13. John Silkin
>>>>> 14. Kevin Brophy
>>>>> 15. Richard Brautigan
>>>>
>>>> Douglas Barbour
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>>>>
>>>> http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/
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>>>>
>>>> Latest books:
>>>> Continuations & Continuations 2 (with Sheila E Murphy)
>>>> http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?LID=41&bookID=962
>>>> Wednesdays'
>> http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2008/03/new-from-aboveground-press_10.html
>>>>
>>>> Transforming once reasonable human beings into gullible idiots is one of
>>>> the biggest businesses we have.
>>>>
>>>> Charles Simic
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Andrew
>>> http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
>>> 'Undercover of Lightness'
>>> http://walleahpress.com.au/recent-publications.html
>>> 'Shikibu Shuffle'
>> http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/new-from-aboveground-press-shikibu.html
>
>
>
> --
> Andrew
> http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
> 'Undercover of Lightness'
> http://walleahpress.com.au/recent-publications.html
> 'Shikibu Shuffle'
> http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/new-from-aboveground-press-shikibu.html
>
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