I get it; yet without, what?
Pessoa & his many names, all written down, yet verbs there, yes?
Doug
> On Jul 9, 2019, at 5:38 PM, Millicent Borges Accardi <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> I AM a Pessoa fan!
> :)
>
> New Poetry Collection: Only More So @ Amazon
>
> http://www.MillicentBorgesAccardi.com
> @TopangaHippie on TwitterÁgua mole em pedra dura tanto dá até que fura
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]>
> To: POETRYETC <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tue, Jul 9, 2019 4:33 pm
> Subject: Re: O Verb
>
> Thanks Sheila and Obrigado, Millicent. Good luck with the Portuguese. Are
> you a Pessoa fan?
>
> Bill
>
> On Wed, 10 Jul 2019 at 8:57 am, Millicent Borges Accardi <
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Cause of the subject and first line, I read this as O Verb O
>> Partly cause I was stuck in the middle of my online Portuguese lesson.
>> Where I, too, am stuck with O-Verb-O.
>> Thanks for the lively poem!
>> Love this part
>> O Verb, you doer, mind-screwer,
>>
>> insistent demander of action,
>>
>> time for a break from service
>>
>> of your sentence satisfaction.
>>
>>
>> Mill
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: POETRYETC <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Tue, Jul 9, 2019 3:21 pm
>> Subject: O Verb
>>
>> O Verb, you doer, mind-screwer,
>>
>> insistent demander of action,
>>
>> time for a break from service
>>
>> of your sentence satisfaction.
>>
>>
>> You salute-requiring part of speech,
>>
>> dominion holder too long.
>>
>> Without you, O Verb - colour,
>>
>> image, poem and song,
>>
>>
>> mystery, doubt and nuance,
>>
>> number, description and type,
>>
>> love, hate, misunderstanding.
>>
>> The end, the end of this gripe.
>>
>>
>> bw
>>
Douglas Barbour
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