Agreeing with Bill, here, Patrick. Was gong to mention that well thumbed wood.
Add something about the librarian finally being shelved…?
Doug
> On Jul 12, 2017, at 3:48 AM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> No help on the appropriate Dewey number, Patrick but a great idea for a
> poem. Not sure that the bookshelves themselves could be 'well thumbed'
> unless perhaps you mean raked over in search of absent books? Also, maybe
> some quality/ies (besides popularity) of the particular librarian could be
> allowed? I like that this librarian is ungendered.
>
> Bill
>
> On Wed, 12 Jul 2017 at 7:38 PM, Patrick McManus <
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>> *I don't know where anchor things came from -eek!they disappeared!!!! rah
>>
>>
>> On 12/07/2017 10:35, Patrick McManus wrote:
>>> * still playing with this maybe some library /book images any comments
>>> corrections and god knows what else welcome
>>> *
>>>
>>> *I don't know where anchor things came from -eek!
>>> *
>>>
>>> *022.08803*
>>>
>>> at the funeral
>>>
>>> when they
>>>
>>> sadly buried
>>>
>>> the popular
>>>
>>> old librarian
>>>
>>> it was thought
>>>
>>> a lovely idea
>>>
>>> to have made
>>>
>>> the coffin
>>>
>>> out of his old
>>>
>>> much used aged
>>>
>>> well thumbed
>>>
>>> oak bookshelves
>>>
>>> and then
>>>
>>> having fixed
>>>
>>> a polished
>>>
>>> brass plate
>>>
>>> beautifully engraved
>>>
>>> 022.08803
>>>
>>> the Dewey Decimal
>>>
>>> Classification number
>>>
>>> warmly indicating
>>>
>>> ‘our Librarian’s coffin’
>>>
>>> /pmcmanus/
>>>
>>> /s185/
>>>
>>> 022.08803*
>>>
>>> this number is a guess with help
>>>
>>> from my friends is there anyone
>>>
>>> can make it more precise?
>>>
>>> -be most appreciated
>>
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