Yes, to quote L, that is a good one.
And may beginning of semester go well. I'm watching a painter prepare our
wall for repainting and it reminds me of that beginning of the year
scenario: I learnt that it was all about preparation. If I had everything
nailed down then no administration bungles or oversupply of students could
throw me :-)
A
On 7 February 2013 11:51, Jill Jones <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 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...
> >
> > Doug
> > On 2013-02-06, at 3:15 AM, Lawrence Upton <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> Now that is good
> >>
> >> L
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Poetryetc: poetry and poetics"
> >> To:
> >> Cc:
> >> Sent:Wed, 6 Feb 2013 19:48:36 +1030
> >> Subject:snap: grey and warm
> >>
> >> Grey and Warm
> >>
> >> walking towards the white
> >>
> >> late morning
> >>
> >> open a curtain
> >>
> >> there is another curtain
> >>
> >> this ancient weather
> >>
> >> it is today’s
> >>
> >> the fog speaks
> >>
> >> with heron noise
> >>
> >> shadows gathering
> >>
> >> sand worms or shells
> >>
> >> the worms scribe
> >>
> >> through granules
> >>
> >> three ducks fly
> >>
> >> like three ducks flying
> >>
> >> up a blue wall
> >>
> >> then they turn back
> >>
> >> into the white
> >>
> >> twenty horses file past
> >>
> >> shrouded opposite here
> >>
> >> away from the lagoon
> >>
> >> mouth turn a corner
> >>
> >> of a dune
> >>
> >> who are these misty riders
> >>
> >> making up a school
> >>
> >> the godwits gather
> >>
> >> on a sandbar
> >>
> >> the oystercatchers
> >>
> >> come closer
> >>
> >> it is all about feeding
> >>
> >> and sifting
> >>
> >> surviving with
> >>
> >> water and air
> >>
> >> a four wheel drive
> >>
> >> shunting a dinghy
> >>
> >> from mooring to somewhere
> >>
> >> a shag shows its wingspan
> >>
> >> to the wind
> >>
> >> language and sign
> >>
> >> indistinguishable
> >>
> >> not decipherable
> >>
> >> apart from the usual
> >>
> >> guesswork
> >>
> >> what do gulls utter
> >>
> >> may or may not be
> >>
> >> obvious
> >>
> >> the sea fog does not
> >>
> >> lift all day
> >>
> >> which is grey and warm
> >>
> >> and continuous
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> > Douglas Barbour
> > [log in to unmask]
> >
> > http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/
> > http://eclecticruckus.wordpress.com/
> >
> > Latest books:
> > Continuations & Continuations 2 (with Sheila E Murphy)
> > http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?LID=41&bookID=962
> > Recording Dates
> > (Rubicon Press)
> >
> > Reserved books. Reserved land. Reserved flight.
> > And still property is theft.
> >
> > Phyllis Webb
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
--
Andrew
http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
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