I understand both ways of looking at it, but will, I think, stick with the 'the,' Andrew. Thank you both...
Odd, & it's been happening for a long time: the only emails I dont see here are my own, until someone else responds to them, then it comes through. Anyone else have that happen?
Doug
On Nov 6, 2013, at 10:38 PM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I like it as is, Doug, Andrew, with the definite article cropping up in each line. Somehow more personal, kinship implied.
>
> Bill
>
>> On 7 Nov 2013, at 12:10 pm, Andrew Burke <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>> Nice instagram shot. How about dropping the 'the' at the beginning? Andrew
>>
>>
>>> On 7 November 2013 03:33, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>
>>> the snow has once more
>>> carved the trees
>>> into the darkening sky
>>>
>>>
>>> Douglas Barbour
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>>>
>>> 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)
>>>
>>> Art is always the replacing of indifference by attention.
>>>
>>> Guy Davenport
>>
>>
>> --
>> 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
>>
>
Douglas Barbour
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Latest books:
Continuations & Continuations 2 (with Sheila E Murphy)
http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?LID=41&bookID=962
Recording Dates
(Rubicon Press)
Art is always the replacing of indifference by attention.
Guy Davenport
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