thank you kind sir L
On 26 December 2013 19:21, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Well death remains slyly apart so long as you can hear…
>
> And the poem itself moves like that wind to catch us off guard…
>
> Doug
> (who stayed offline for the day)
> On Dec 24, 2013, at 2:47 PM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> > Yes, not particularly cheery, Pat, unless you mean perhaps just one more
> delay after sly death comes calling. I
> > like the neat structure and imagery, L.
> >
> > B
> >
> > On Wed, Dec 25th, 2013 at 2:49 AM, Lawrence Upton <
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> >> Thank you, Patrick. I hadn't thought of it as cheery, but that's ok
> >>
> >>
> >> On 24 December 2013 15:25, Patrick McManus
> >> <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
> >>
> >>> L very cheery and seasonally P slyly
> >>>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> >> On
> >>> Behalf Of Lawrence Upton
> >>> Sent: 24 December 2013 14:47
> >>> To: [log in to unmask]
> >>> Subject: Tomorrow's poem today
> >>>
> >>> *Before any bird this morning *by Richard Kessling & Lawrence Upton
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Before any bird this morning, I heard
> >>>
> >>> the wind; then, perhaps a minute later,
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> trees moved. Separate yet bound , like sharp lightning
> >>>
> >>> and its pursuing thunder. So I'd thought.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Some days ago, those bright flashes were clear;
> >>>
> >>> yet no sound followed. Death comes on slyly.
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >
>
> Douglas Barbour
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>
> Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations & Continuation 2
> (UofAPress).
> Recording Dates (Rubicon Press).
>
> Something else is out there
> godamnit
>
> And I want to hear it
>
> C.D.Wright
>
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