I'll settle for valid narcissism, Andrew. Ta.
Bill
> On 12 Mar 2015, at 4:36 pm, Andrew Burke <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> I recognise myself in this, so therefore I like it ... Is that valid
> criticism or pallid narcissism?
>
> Andrew
>
> On 12 March 2015 at 09:48, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
>> Bill you will soon be oomphing again maybe
>> oooooooooooophinggggggggggggggggggg!
>> Cheers P
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
>> Behalf Of Bill Wootton
>> Sent: 11 March 2015 22:17
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: Retirement
>>
>> Thanks, Doug and Pat. As you both say, a bit comic, a bit sad. Ran out of
>> oomph this week.
>>
>> Bill
>>
>>
>>>> On 12 Mar 2015, at 2:42 am, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Ah, to whom it this addressed, eh, Bill?
>>>
>>> Starts a bit comic & then�.
>>>
>>> Doug
>>>> On Mar 10, 2015, at 3:29 PM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]>
>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Retirement
>>>>
>>>> He was born for this.
>>>> Been retiring his whole life.
>>>> Withdrawing from expectations,
>>>> impositions.
>>>>
>>>> Not averse to company
>>>> but reluctant to join,
>>>> to step up.
>>>> Content to kick back.
>>>>
>>>> Opportunities rarely seized,
>>>> regrets unformed.
>>>> Days open up just wide
>>>> enough thank you.
>>>>
>>>> But then ...
>>>> No, there is no
>>>> but
>>>> then.
>>>>
>>>> bw
>>>
>>> Douglas Barbour
>>> [log in to unmask]
>>>
>>> Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations & Continuation
>> 2 (UofAPress).
>>> Recording Dates (Rubicon Press).
>>>
>>> There is no life that does not rise
>>> melodic from scales of the marvelous.
>>>
>>> To which our grief refers.
>>>
>>> Robert Duncan.
>
>
>
> --
> Andrew
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> 'Undercover of Lightness'
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> 'Shikibu Shuffle'
> http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/new-from-aboveground-press-shikibu.html
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