An -----Original Message----- Big D a ions here few here action, distribution, partition, lotion, option, motion, notion, caution, abortion, exhortion, elaboration, quotation, question, nation, potion, communication, notation, preparation, collaboration, perfection, contribution, completion, vaccination, correction, citation, junction, function, formation, cessation, sensation, toleration, viabration, relation, categorization, homogenization, position, addition, subtraction, multiplication, application, vacation, portion, fornication, nationalization, shortation, consolation, cancellation, relation, notation, mutation, maceration, civilization, termination, edition, impartition, impactation, elongation, evaporation, animation, adjunction, approximation, equivalation, relation, equalization, connection, invention, experimentation, location, transportation, symbolization, creation, and of course erection!!!!! Did I spot what suggested your poem now that is tricky there are so many so example hash and insanity delirium?? Cabbages is my clue !!! and kings and Royal weddoingsese later comes the less geralded Royal social security scrounger Divorcesses -----Original Message----- From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of David Bircumshaw Sent: 12 May 2011 08:38 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: (almost ready to) snap No, Patrick. There are lots of words ending in -tion, like 'inanition' for instance, but I was thinking of 'perturb' in the sense of a disturbance, like a minor variation, or a slight sound. Did you spot, by the way, what suggested my poem? On 12 May 2011 07:35, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Like masturbation!!! > > -----Original Message----- > From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On > Behalf Of David Bircumshaw > Sent: 12 May 2011 06:10 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: (almost ready to) snap > > Thank you Jill. Yes, 'perturbation', it has that slow laden sound, like a > far-off bell, and echoes 'reverberation' too. > > best > > dave > > > > > On 12 May 2011 00:02, [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > Ah, perturbation - such a great word. > > > > Thanks (for the other words as well), > > J > > > > ________________________ > > Jill Jones > > > > www.jilljones.com.au > > > > > > > > On Wed May 11 17:57 , David Bircumshaw <[log in to unmask]> sent: > > > > >A Slight Perturbation in the Eternal Sleep of Once Divine Emanations > > > > > >Ah, the TV lounge. Guests, too, are welcome. > > > A drifting scent of cabbages cooking slow. > > > > > >-- > > >David Joseph Bircumshaw > > >Website and A Chide's Alphabet > > >http://www.staplednapkin.org.uk > > >The Animal Subsides http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html > > >Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/david.bircumshaw > > >twitter: http://twitter.com/bucketshave > > >blog: http://groggydays.blogspot.com/ > > > > > > -- > David Joseph Bircumshaw > Website and A Chide's Alphabet > http://www.staplednapkin.org.uk > The Animal Subsides http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html > Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/david.bircumshaw > twitter: http://twitter.com/bucketshave > blog: http://groggydays.blogspot.com/ > -- David Joseph Bircumshaw Website and A Chide's Alphabet http://www.staplednapkin.org.uk The Animal Subsides http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/david.bircumshaw twitter: http://twitter.com/bucketshave blog: http://groggydays.blogspot.com/