Small stones: an exercise for January
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Re: Small stones: an exercise for January
Glare of winter sun
burns the memory
of three weeks of
unrelenting rain
out of my head.
Where has winter gone?
Is that spring behind that cloud?
burns the memory
of three weeks of
unrelenting rain
out of my head.
Where has winter gone?
Is that spring behind that cloud?
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Re: Small stones: an exercise for January
I pull skeletons
of leaves from the pond
without freezing
fingers to the bone
of leaves from the pond
without freezing
fingers to the bone
Rosencrantz: What are you playing at? Guildenstern: Words. Words. They're all we have to go on.
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Re: Small stones: an exercise for January
four waiting
two ordering
two outside the door
-- petite --
even for a sushi place
two ordering
two outside the door
-- petite --
even for a sushi place
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seven pints for seven mothers
lunchtime for weatherspoons
buggies for beds
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lunchtime for weatherspoons
buggies for beds
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Re: Small stones: an exercise for January
The company went through a reorganization
Noone knows how the new structure works
And all look at each other questioningly
I shrug and mutter deorganization.
Noone knows how the new structure works
And all look at each other questioningly
I shrug and mutter deorganization.
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Re: Small stones: an exercise for January
plans, plans for plans,
plans for making plans,
plans for handling
the absence of plans,
and just rushing on
without a plan in the world
plans for making plans,
plans for handling
the absence of plans,
and just rushing on
without a plan in the world
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Re: Small stones: an exercise for January
A half moon smiles
with teeth of hollywood actors.
While golden arches on the horizon
beckon me to come digest
cardboard burgers on gummy buns
with teeth of hollywood actors.
While golden arches on the horizon
beckon me to come digest
cardboard burgers on gummy buns
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The old brass tap
in the empty changing room
howls
in the empty changing room
howls
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Re: Small stones: an exercise for January
Buddha,
pass the bedda budda,
This budda’s bad.
Got bedda budda
even from my brudda
and he’s a bitter
budda bidder,
buying butts
of badly budda.
pass the bedda budda,
This budda’s bad.
Got bedda budda
even from my brudda
and he’s a bitter
budda bidder,
buying butts
of badly budda.
We fray into the future, rarely wrought
Save in the tapestries of afterthought.
Richard Wilbur
Save in the tapestries of afterthought.
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Re: Small stones: an exercise for January
four black rooks fighting
on a green square
suddenly stop
and peck the lawn
on a green square
suddenly stop
and peck the lawn
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Re: Small stones: an exercise for January
walking in the winds and
walking in the woods and
walking in our scarves and
walking in the mud
with the sound of
a distant tank???
walking in the woods and
walking in our scarves and
walking in the mud
with the sound of
a distant tank???
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Re: Small stones: an exercise for January
There is no tank on the island.
Never has been, I bet.
Apart from septic tanks.
Bottles of Tanqueray perhaps.
Uncle Wesley had a tank at El Alamein,
but he lost it somewhere.
I like those first world war tanks with tread all around.
I smile when they are on the telly.
You know they will break down after 3 feet.
Never has been, I bet.
Apart from septic tanks.
Bottles of Tanqueray perhaps.
Uncle Wesley had a tank at El Alamein,
but he lost it somewhere.
I like those first world war tanks with tread all around.
I smile when they are on the telly.
You know they will break down after 3 feet.
We fray into the future, rarely wrought
Save in the tapestries of afterthought.
Richard Wilbur
Save in the tapestries of afterthought.
Richard Wilbur
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Re: Small stones: an exercise for January
Yes, the fact is that those WWI tanks were actually no use at all, but they _looked_ great 
((OK, I checked wikipedia, apparently they had "mixed but impressive" results on their first outing
))

((OK, I checked wikipedia, apparently they had "mixed but impressive" results on their first outing

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Re: Small stones: an exercise for January
Sassoon:bodkin wrote:Yes, the fact is that those WWI tanks were actually no use at all
"We're sure the Kaiser loves our dear old Tanks.'
We fray into the future, rarely wrought
Save in the tapestries of afterthought.
Richard Wilbur
Save in the tapestries of afterthought.
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Re: Small stones: an exercise for January
traffic slow
not that late
ambulance
motorcycle
blanket
not that late
ambulance
motorcycle
blanket
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Re: Small stones: an exercise for January
I want to build a cross betweeen
a first world war tank and riverboat
and move, slowly, around the island.
The pace would fit today.
a first world war tank and riverboat
and move, slowly, around the island.
The pace would fit today.
We fray into the future, rarely wrought
Save in the tapestries of afterthought.
Richard Wilbur
Save in the tapestries of afterthought.
Richard Wilbur
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Re: Small stones: an exercise for January
Bullfinch on a rowan branch,
Peach and pink preened puffball.
Black-capped beak, crush scarlet berries,
If I blink, I'll miss it all.
Peach and pink preened puffball.
Black-capped beak, crush scarlet berries,
If I blink, I'll miss it all.
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Re: Small stones: an exercise for January
Sometimes we need to slow down... your idea sounds ideal.Antcliff wrote:I want to build a cross betweeen
a first world war tank and riverboat
and move, slowly, around the island.
The pace would fit today.
Re: Small stones: an exercise for January
Might be a bit too slow.L.G.Werribold wrote:Sometimes we need to slow down... your idea sounds ideal.

We fray into the future, rarely wrought
Save in the tapestries of afterthought.
Richard Wilbur
Save in the tapestries of afterthought.
Richard Wilbur
Re: Small stones: an exercise for January
Like that.L.G.Werribold wrote:Bullfinch on a rowan branch,
Peach and pink preened puffball.
Black-capped beak, crush scarlet berries,
If I blink, I'll miss it all.
No finch on my rowan;
no frill-flurrying to welcome spring;
nor softly sing.
We fray into the future, rarely wrought
Save in the tapestries of afterthought.
Richard Wilbur
Save in the tapestries of afterthought.
Richard Wilbur
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Re: Small stones: an exercise for January
Antcliff wrote: No finch on my rowan;
no frill-flurrying to welcome spring;
nor softly sing.
That wicked finch in the tree,
To forsake you, and flaunt with me!
Re: Small stones: an exercise for January
We see each other less these days.
A meeting brought him to our town-
An awkward guest, a tacit bond
From common times and memory.
A meeting brought him to our town-
An awkward guest, a tacit bond
From common times and memory.
Re: Small stones: an exercise for January
Now
the Alps are golden
dressed in nothing
but a slip of sun;
pine trees crowd
the mountain
slopes, snowballs
stopped mid-flight
in outstretched branches.
A turquoise sky
rolls into darkness.
(Switzerland, 26th January, 2012)
the Alps are golden
dressed in nothing
but a slip of sun;
pine trees crowd
the mountain
slopes, snowballs
stopped mid-flight
in outstretched branches.
A turquoise sky
rolls into darkness.
(Switzerland, 26th January, 2012)
"Do not feel lonely, the entire universe is inside you" - Rumi
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a spacious alcoholic
light on narrow feet
a carefully straight weave
towed behind a can
light on narrow feet
a carefully straight weave
towed behind a can
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