Memory/batters, so it does, Doug, against alleged realities. It’s the
stories that matter more you suspect, at least in company. Well picked,
Barry, the acrostic, although it is signalled, I suppose by using Meet both
ways.
Bill
On Thu, 21 Feb 2019 at 9:46 am, Sheila Murphy <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> Yes, so good with that acrostic nicely and neatly embedded. Thanks, Doug!
>
> On Wed, Feb 20, 2019 at 2:47 PM Barry Alpert <
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Doug,
> >
> > Gradually discovered the acrostic after noting the unusual 4/5/1/4
> > stanzaic pattern for a sonnet. A very strong "turn" from the end of the
> > 10th line to the beginning of the 11th.
> >
> > Barry
> >
> > On Wed, 20 Feb 2019 10:50:32 -0700, Douglas Barbour <
> [log in to unmask]>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >meet the parents
> > >each time the same
> > >and different
> > >tell that to the kids
> > >
> > >body knows what body feels
> > >loss across the years
> > >ordinary people
> > >or not all learn
> > >dreams will falter
> > >
> > >& drift memory
> > >
> > >batters against stories
> > >organizing what realities
> > >no one can now recall
> > >each time we tell them again
> > >
> > >
> > >Douglas Barbour
> > >[log in to unmask]
> > >https://eclecticruckus.wordpress.com/
> > >
> > >Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations &
> Continuations
> > 2 (UofAPress).
> > >Recording Dates (Rubicon Press).
> > >Listen. If (UofAPress):
> > >
> > >It was cold, in a way that Shadow was starting to become familiar with:
> > colder inside the building than out. He wondered how they did that, if it
> > was a British building secret.
> > >
> > > Neil Gaiman
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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