Bill,
I'm intrigued by the larger play amongst units in which I detect a 10/6 sonnet combining units 1 & 2, a 6/8 sonnet via units 2 & 3, and a 7/8 expanded sonnet as unit 4.
Barry
On Thu, 4 Apr 2019 10:37:26 +1100, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>Thanks, Doug, Andrew, Patrick. At least I managed a mirror poem without
>using the word reflection.
>
>Bill
>
>On Thu, 4 Apr 2019 at 4:17 am, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> Some neat twists & turns here, Bill; I especially enjoyed 2.
>>
>> Doug
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>> > On Apr 3, 2019, at 2:38 AM, Patrick McManus <
>> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> >
>> > mirror mirror
>> >
>> > on the wall
>> >
>> > who is the
>> >
>> > finest poet
>> >
>> > of them all
>> >
>> > haha P
>> >
>> > On 02/04/2019 23:14, Bill Wootton wrote:
>> >> Mirrors come at you
>> >>
>> >> Don’t you hate that
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> You’re in a hurry
>> >>
>> >> and that pace
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> comes right
>> >>
>> >> back at you
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Think YOU’RE busy -
>> >>
>> >> what do you reckon’s
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> going on
>> >>
>> >> back here
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> 2
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Things unhappen
>> >>
>> >> when you turn away
>> >>
>> >> from a mirror
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> When you return
>> >>
>> >> did they ever really
>> >>
>> >> happen at all
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> 3
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> A suspended pocket
>> >>
>> >> defying
>> >>
>> >> its two dimensionality
>> >>
>> >> the mirror offers
>> >>
>> >> - if not the full gamut -
>> >>
>> >> a persuasive portion
>> >>
>> >> of what you’d swear
>> >>
>> >> sits before your eyes
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> 4
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Unmirrored life
>> >>
>> >> in unmirrored rooms
>> >>
>> >> or away from glass,
>> >>
>> >> far from unruffled water,
>> >>
>> >> even puddles,
>> >>
>> >> seems so
>> >>
>> >> lacking.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> We do
>> >>
>> >> and are seen doing,
>> >>
>> >> doubly,
>> >>
>> >> in mirrorland.
>> >>
>> >> Some comfort
>> >>
>> >> to know
>> >>
>> >> we’re never really
>> >>
>> >> alone
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> bw
>> >>
>>
>> Douglas Barbour
>> [log in to unmask]
>> https://eclecticruckus.wordpress.com/
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>> Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations & Continuations
>> 2 (UofAPress).
>> Recording Dates (Rubicon Press).
>> Listen. If (UofAPress):
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>>
>> Something else is out there
>> godamnit
>>
>> And I want to hear it
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>> C.D.Wright
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