while thinking of south country

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Heather

Re: while thinking of south country

Post by Heather » Wed Jun 03, 2015 11:59 pm

A delicious culinary delight. It's exciting discovering new flavours and it sounds as though your appetite has only just been whetted Matt. I did enjoy the touch of humour.

Heather :D

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Re: while thinking of south country

Post by Neville Briggs » Thu Jun 04, 2015 9:16 am

Wonderful Matt, I love it :D One of my favourites is "Nuremberg" since I am a fan of Albrecht Dürer. Even though it's not about Australia or the bush with its whey faced anonymity. :lol:
Neville
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Heather

Re: while thinking of south country

Post by Heather » Thu Jun 04, 2015 9:45 am

It was Slessor's Country Towns that inspired me to have a go at a poem along the same theme.

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Re: while thinking of south country

Post by Neville Briggs » Thu Jun 04, 2015 6:48 pm

Or, Matt
you could respond like Les Murray
who thought
I want to be as good as that.

You may not be a Murray
but you can travel
with
the same vision.
Neville
" Prose is description, poetry is presence " Les Murray.

Heather

Re: while thinking of south country

Post by Heather » Thu Jun 04, 2015 7:10 pm

Matt I feel sure that Heaney, Thomas etc would welcome you into their ranks. I wonder which poets made them want to chuck it in? Is it the lot of poet, an artist etc to never be totally satisfied? It would be pretty boring if we all wrote the same though wouldn't it?

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Re: while thinking of south country

Post by Neville Briggs » Fri Jun 05, 2015 8:43 am

By the way Matt, you may know that there is a North Country too, with its wonderful " scornful rumps of cows " :D
Neville
" Prose is description, poetry is presence " Les Murray.

Hully

Re: while thinking of south country

Post by Hully » Fri Jun 05, 2015 11:14 am

excellent......that !

Heather

Re: while thinking of south country

Post by Heather » Fri Jun 05, 2015 4:26 pm

Why "scornful" rumps I wonder Neville. I've owned and bred cows and "scornful" is not a word that readily springs to mind when looking at a cows rump! :)

Heather

Re: while thinking of south country

Post by Heather » Fri Jun 05, 2015 6:47 pm

We all see the world through different glasses -thankfully. :D

He must have had a run-in with a cow hey Matt? I did once - got kicked in the knee by a cow of a cow. I won though, the bitch took up two freezers. :lol:

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Re: while thinking of south country

Post by Neville Briggs » Fri Jun 05, 2015 6:56 pm

:o
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