Not their youth so much as their continuing daily existence, Doug.
Welcome back,
Bill
> On 27 Dec 2013, at 5:52 am, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> A kind of bush ballad for your parents.Bill? Back to their youth?
>
> Doug
>> On Dec 25, 2013, at 4:58 AM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> Me actually, Pat. Perhaps your message was scra m bled.
>>
>> Bill
>>
>>> On 25/12/2013, at 9:11 PM, Patrick McManus wrote:
>>>
>>> Max thanks -Scrabble is a great test for partners -how to lose now and then
>>> convincingly -though recently less of a problem P of fading words fad wor
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
>>> Behalf Of Bill Wootton
>>> Sent: 24 December 2013 21:43
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>> Subject: Diamonds
>>>
>>> Diamonds
>>>
>>> When two get together,
>>> there's yang and there's yin.
>>> That's certainly the case
>>> with Laurel and Jim.
>>>
>>> Dad's a prac man
>>> who fixes and fits.
>>> Mum reads her fiction
>>> when time permits.
>>>
>>> Mum's keen on the footy,
>>> loyal to the Tiges.
>>> Dad tips against them
>>> But that's no surprise.
>>>
>>> Dad's scared of onions,
>>> Mum likes hot spice.
>>> Dad's meat and three veg
>>> Mum's curry and rice.
>>>
>>> Mum likes her film stars
>>> From Brando to Newman.
>>> Dad'd rather do the crossword
>>> to make him feel human.
>>>
>>> But for sixty years now,
>>> they've been brooks that babble
>>> Just don't come between them
>>> when they settle to Scrabble.
>
> 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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