Daily advice
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Re: Daily advice
You'll have to get it from Wendy Bishop, you can find her teaching as a Professor in literature at Florida State University.
I'll have a go, this is my crummy version as an example of empty words;
After the raging battle
Dead sailors lay in the water.
Their bodies wash up on the beach,
sad remnants of a great slaughter.
this is Kenneth Slessor's masterpiece;
Softly and humbly to the Gulf of Arabs
The convoys of dead sailors come;
At night they sway and wander in the waters far under,
But morning rolls them in the foam.
I'll have a go, this is my crummy version as an example of empty words;
After the raging battle
Dead sailors lay in the water.
Their bodies wash up on the beach,
sad remnants of a great slaughter.
this is Kenneth Slessor's masterpiece;
Softly and humbly to the Gulf of Arabs
The convoys of dead sailors come;
At night they sway and wander in the waters far under,
But morning rolls them in the foam.
Neville
" Prose is description, poetry is presence " Les Murray.
" Prose is description, poetry is presence " Les Murray.
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Re: Daily advice
Excellent example, Neville. To quote the legendary Shane Crawford: "That's what I'm talkin' about!"
Cheers
David
Cheers
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Re: Daily advice
G'day Manfred, David. It's all too easy for me to concoct a bad example I have to rely on someone else for a good example
Neville
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Re: Daily advice
Get a good job that pays good money.
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Federal Treasurer.
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Federal Treasurer.
Neville
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" Prose is description, poetry is presence " Les Murray.
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Re: Daily advice
Oh dear ! Heather, you have got such a looong way to go.
Neville
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Re: Daily advice
Put your trousers on first...then your shoes.
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Neville
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Re: Daily advice
It's good advice Heather
Neville
" Prose is description, poetry is presence " Les Murray.
" Prose is description, poetry is presence " Les Murray.