Football - the opium of the people? Keep 'em quiet while the state trades
with the enemy for the benefit of the few. History repeats.
Andrew
On 20 August 2014 20:52, David Bircumshaw <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> That's ok, Andrew. Digressing upon 'football', a friend I were chatting
> about things yesterday, as you do, and we came across the creepy
> coincidence that the demise of public executions in Victorian England
> coincided rather too well with the rise of organised football. Am becoming
> almost an enthusiast for the removal of the second 'still'. Case against,
> anybody/
>
> Best
>
> Dave
>
>
> On 20 August 2014 11:20, Andrew Burke <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Oh, I foolishly misread 'footfall' as 'football'! Not once, but a number
> of
> > times! Ha ha ha ... It's me beady old eyes deceiving me, without benefit
> of
> > intelligence.
> >
> > Sorry! No wonder I was confused ...
> >
> > Andrew
> >
> >
> > On 20 August 2014 18:10, David Bircumshaw <[log in to unmask]>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Am now slightly turning towards excising the second 'still' but not yet
> > > wholly convinced :) Hard life, poetry, innit?
> > >
> > >
> > > On 20 August 2014 08:30, David Bircumshaw <[log in to unmask]>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Football Andrew?!!! I think not :)
> > > >
> > > > Still have a primitive fondness for the still though :)
> > > >
> > > > David
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 20 August 2014 04:52, Andrew Burke <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> Well, I'm a little lost - the football reference threw me sideways
> > away
> > > >> from battle and/or space ... But still I like the movement and sound
> > of
> > > it
> > > >> (without the 'still' :-) ))
> > > >>
> > > >> I'll just read it later - in a different mood, in a different room
> ...
> > > >>
> > > >> Andrew
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> On 20 August 2014 08:12, David Bircumshaw <
> [log in to unmask]>
> > > >> wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >> > Thanks Sheila. that might be a good idea, although I'm still
> > thinking
> > > >> on it
> > > >> > :)
> > > >> >
> > > >> >
> > > >> > On 19 August 2014 23:07, Sheila Murphy <[log in to unmask]>
> > > wrote:
> > > >> >
> > > >> > > I really like this, David. Tiny suggestions would be to remove
> the
> > > >> second
> > > >> > > "still" (final stanza line 3) for effect.
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > Great work! Sheila
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 3:00 PM, Bill Wootton <
> > > >> [log in to unmask]>
> > > >> > > wrote:
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > > Moving, David. I get the gratitude I think. I found myself
> > reading
> > > >> > 'bank'
> > > >> > > > for 'blank' but maybe that's the final river interposing. Like
> > > >> > > particularly
> > > >> > > > 'footfall echo maps'.
> > > >> > > >
> > > >> > > > Bill
> > > >> > > >
> > > >> > > > > On 20 Aug 2014, at 7:48 am, David Bircumshaw <
> > > >> > > [log in to unmask]>
> > > >> > > > wrote:
> > > >> > > > >
> > > >> > > > > * Scantling Saywas*
> > > >> > > > >
> > > >> > > > >
> > > >> > > > >
> > > >> > > > > Even though the walls
> > > >> > > > >
> > > >> > > > > Collapsed like lungs
> > > >> > > > >
> > > >> > > > > Even though to speak
> > > >> > > > >
> > > >> > > > > Burnt like a grate
> > > >> > > > >
> > > >> > > > > Even though your body
> > > >> > > > >
> > > >> > > > > Melted into space
> > > >> > > > >
> > > >> > > > > Even though the blank
> > > >> > > > >
> > > >> > > > > Was flamed through with holes
> > > >> > > > >
> > > >> > > > >
> > > >> > > > >
> > > >> > > > > The morning still maintained
> > > >> > > > >
> > > >> > > > > A message from before
> > > >> > > > >
> > > >> > > > > The paths still proclaimed
> > > >> > > > >
> > > >> > > > > Footfall echo maps
> > > >> > > > >
> > > >> > > > > And afternoons still basked
> > > >> > > > >
> > > >> > > > > A scent of light turning
> > > >> > > > >
> > > >> > > > >
> > > >> > > > >
> > > >> > > > > Over on an open river
> > > >> > > > >
> > > >> > > > >
> > > >> > > > >
> > > >> > > > >
> > > >> > > > >
> > > >> > > > >
> > > >> > > > > --
> > > >> > > > > David Joseph Bircumshaw
> > > >> > > > > Website and A Chide's Alphabet
> > > >> > > > > http://www.staplednapkin.org.uk
> > > >> > > > > The Animal Subsides
> > > >> > http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html
> > > >> > > > > Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/david.bircumshaw
> > > >> > > > > Tumblr: http://zantikus.tumblr.com/
> > > >> > > > > twitter: http://twitter.com/bucketshave
> > > >> > > > > blog: http://groggydays.blogspot.com/
> > > >> > > > > Leicester Poetry Society: http://www.poetryleicester.com
> > > >> > > > >
> > > >> > > >
> > > >> > >
> > > >> >
> > > >> >
> > > >> >
> > > >> > --
> > > >> > David Joseph Bircumshaw
> > > >> > Website and A Chide's Alphabet
> > > >> > http://www.staplednapkin.org.uk
> > > >> > The Animal Subsides
> > http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html
> > > >> > Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/david.bircumshaw
> > > >> > Tumblr: http://zantikus.tumblr.com/
> > > >> > twitter: http://twitter.com/bucketshave
> > > >> > blog: http://groggydays.blogspot.com/
> > > >> > Leicester Poetry Society: http://www.poetryleicester.com
> > > >> >
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> --
> > > >> 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
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > David Joseph Bircumshaw
> > > > Website and A Chide's Alphabet
> > > > http://www.staplednapkin.org.uk
> > > > The Animal Subsides
> http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html
> > > > Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/david.bircumshaw
> > > > Tumblr: http://zantikus.tumblr.com/
> > > > twitter: http://twitter.com/bucketshave
> > > > blog: http://groggydays.blogspot.com/
> > > > Leicester Poetry Society: http://www.poetryleicester.com
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > David Joseph Bircumshaw
> > > Website and A Chide's Alphabet
> > > http://www.staplednapkin.org.uk
> > > The Animal Subsides http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html
> > > Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/david.bircumshaw
> > > Tumblr: http://zantikus.tumblr.com/
> > > twitter: http://twitter.com/bucketshave
> > > blog: http://groggydays.blogspot.com/
> > > Leicester Poetry Society: http://www.poetryleicester.com
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
>
> >
>
>
>
> --
> David Joseph Bircumshaw
> Website and A Chide's Alphabet
> http://www.staplednapkin.org.uk
> The Animal Subsides http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html
> Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/david.bircumshaw
> Tumblr: http://zantikus.tumblr.com/
> twitter: http://twitter.com/bucketshave
> blog: http://groggydays.blogspot.com/
> Leicester Poetry Society: http://www.poetryleicester.com
>
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