Bill thanks I am surprised these days how close people can get using the
computer /phone from far away
cheers from old P far away
On 26/03/2019 22:10, Bill Wootton wrote:
> What has become of the careful posted word?
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> Once blood drove ink and often paused for thought.
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> Now keys are grazed and to the Web referred -
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> e-mail will do if all you want is blurt.
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> What now the role of banter face-to face?
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> How much are eyes and ears and touch required?
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> At one remove, print words leave their clear trace,
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> Evidence engraved, unvocally mired.
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> On-page words in a sentence invented
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> penetrate deeper than those wagged by chin.
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> Something there clings to a message cemented,
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> the uttered word more of a bulletin.
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> Best of all, poems are rarely outdone,
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> tap dancing on screens, on paper and tongue.
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> bw
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> 27.3.19
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