Ah, there's a great tradition of fly poems! I've written one called
*Elegance*, which Les M put in QUADRANT ... I'm on the road or I'd post it
here.
Andrew
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On 18 February 2016 at 09:50, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Thanks, Max, Pat, Doug. Re-reading I see I have created a limerick more
> than a ballad.
>
> Bill
>
> On Thursday, 18 February 2016, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> > Oh you Aussie bush-balladeers!
> >
> > Doug
> > > On Feb 17, 2016, at 2:21 AM, Patrick McManus <
> > [log in to unmask] <javascript:;>> wrote:
> > >
> > > haha P am gloomy this morning cheered me -mooting
> > >
> > > -----Original Message----- From: Bill Wootton Sent: Tuesday, February
> > 16, 2016 8:45 PM To: [log in to unmask] <javascript:;> Subject:
> > Ballad of the blowfly
> > > From dungheap to desktop he flew,
> > > well known to him the route.
> > > But then he paused, his eyes adrift;
> > > which way he faced was moot.
> > >
> > > bw
> >
> > Douglas Barbour
> > [log in to unmask] <javascript:;>
> > https://eclecticruckus.wordpress.com/
> >
> > Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations & Continuations
> > 2 (UofAPress).
> > Recording Dates (Rubicon Press).
> >
> > Done in by creation itself.
> >
> > I mean the gods. Not us. Well us too.
> > The gods moved into books. Who wrote the books?
> > We wrote the books. In whose dream, then are we dreaming?
> >
> > Robert Kroetsch.
> >
>
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Andrew
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