... or they're waiting till you're fully tuned, P
B
> On 9 Jan 2014, at 12:00 am, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Bill thanks this is the first to arrive here !!!!! maybe it's some
> conspiracy bar the McManus??
> P barred
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of Bill Wootton
> Sent: 08 January 2014 12:15
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: pat snaps 609 %/%/%/%/%/%/ Wednesday, 08 January 2014
>
> Pat,
>
> I got your post four times. It is well tuned up all right. The first is one
> of your best. Despite all those missing or bodgy things, good to hear of new
> readiness. Hope your end pin pulls through.
>
> Take it the pause in The Present was not a pregnant one.
>
> Cheers,
> Bill
>
>
>
>>> On 8 Jan 2014, at 8:52 pm, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> See if this posts-not coming through P:-(
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Patrick McManus [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>> Sent: 08 January 2014 08:59
>> To: 'Poetryetc: poetry and poetics'
>> Subject: pat snaps 609 %/%/%/%/%/%/ Wednesday, 08 January 2014
>>
>> Couple of seasonal snaps from Raynes Park
>>
>> TUNING UP
>>
>> after
>> carefully
>> tuning up
>> my guitar
>> I have decided
>> to tune up
>> for the new year
>> my whole life
>> but find that
>> many of
>> my strings
>> are missing
>> frets wobbling
>> nut bent
>> saddled splintered
>> sound hole gaping
>> neck warped
>> tuning keys skewed
>> bridge shattered
>> pick guard flapping
>> and as for my
>> poor body
>> top pitted
>> full of worm
>> it's cracked
>> sides splitting
>> and who knows
>> what's happening
>> to my end pin!
>>
>> pmcmanus
>> r436
>>
>>
>> THE PRESENT
>>
>> when she
>> gave him
>> the present
>> of the packet
>> labelled
>> 'one hundred
>> and twenty five
>> assorted screws'
>> he paused
>> slightly before
>> thanking her
>>
>>
>> pmcmanus
>> r442
>
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