Precipice feeling and very attuned to what we do not know, and I value
this, Doug.
On Thu, Dec 20, 2018 at 9:31 AM Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]>
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> Thanks everyone. Interesting question of a kind I often ask Bill, so I’ll
> think on it; wanted the question opening up there, I think.
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> Doug
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> > On Dec 19, 2018, at 3:28 PM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]>
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> > Interesting, Doug and loomy, gloomy. Could almost be the dark cousin of
> > Jill’s piece. I like the choice of ‘swift’, which for me, works just as
> > well as an adjective as a cobbled verb. ‘thrown outlines’ also works
> well.
> > Just wonder: do you need ‘are they’?
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> > Bill
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> > On Thu, 20 Dec 2018 at 3:42 am, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]>
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> >> but three shadows swift
> >> across sand as if
> >> sails not
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> >> the thrown outlines
> >> of something huge
> >> about to drop
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> >> are they gifts
> >> or bombs
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> >>
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> Douglas Barbour
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> Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations & Continuations
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> Recording Dates (Rubicon Press).
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