Thanks everyone. Barry, that’s a great notice; I missed the acrostic too; it was something that happened without plan.
Doug
> On Feb 21, 2019, at 3:24 AM, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> I missed acrostic! cheers thanks
>
> & drift memory
> sounds like me!
>
> On 20/02/2019 22:45, Sheila Murphy wrote:
>> Yes, so good with that acrostic nicely and neatly embedded. Thanks, Doug!
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 20, 2019 at 2:47 PM Barry Alpert <
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>>
>>> 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
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