Thanks Doug. Thanks Lawrence. It was a good place to write a few things - one piece far too long, and maybe not good enough, to post - but some smaller snaps may appear over next few weeks, unless I get immediately snapetty in amongst the semester start, which is upon me.
J
On 07/02/2013, at 2:23 AM, Douglas Barbour wrote:
> Yes: wow, how that NZ shore affects the poetic response, Jill. We're there, perceiving with you...
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> Doug
> On 2013-02-06, at 3:15 AM, Lawrence Upton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> Now that is good
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>> L
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>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Poetryetc: poetry and poetics"
>> To:
>> Cc:
>> Sent:Wed, 6 Feb 2013 19:48:36 +1030
>> Subject:snap: grey and warm
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>> Grey and Warm
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>> walking towards the white
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>> late morning
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>> open a curtain
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>> there is another curtain
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>> this ancient weather
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>> it is today’s
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>> the fog speaks
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>> with heron noise
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>> shadows gathering
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>> sand worms or shells
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>> the worms scribe
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>> through granules
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>> three ducks fly
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>> like three ducks flying
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>> up a blue wall
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>> then they turn back
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>> into the white
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>> twenty horses file past
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>> shrouded opposite here
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>> away from the lagoon
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>> mouth turn a corner
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>> of a dune
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>> who are these misty riders
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>> making up a school
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>> the godwits gather
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>> on a sandbar
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>> the oystercatchers
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>> come closer
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>> it is all about feeding
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>> and sifting
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>> surviving with
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>> water and air
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>> a four wheel drive
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>> shunting a dinghy
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>> from mooring to somewhere
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>> a shag shows its wingspan
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>> to the wind
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>> language and sign
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>> indistinguishable
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>> not decipherable
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>> apart from the usual
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>> guesswork
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>> what do gulls utter
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>> may or may not be
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>> obvious
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>> the sea fog does not
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>> lift all day
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>> which is grey and warm
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>> and continuous
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>>
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