I have just read most of this topic for the first time having found that it contains two of Gaby's most recent postings (of three so far in 2005) and a very erudite contribution by our charming and twittering moderator and I immediately thought of my very favo(u)rite Lightfoot poem "Pussywillows, Cat-tails".it seems to me to have so many things going for it on many diffrent levels
alliterations
Catbirds and cornfields
Riding on the roadside
and general superb control of the wonderful English language viz:-
Reveling, disheveling
Soft lips and fingertips
Treasuring, remembering
Naked limbs and wheat bins
Ok not onamatopoeic but beautiful rhyming
fantastic stuff
John Fowles

I have just read most of this topic for the first time having found that it contains two of Gaby's most recent postings (of three so far in 2005) and a very erudite contribution by our charming and twittering moderator and I immediately thought of my very favo(u)rite Lightfoot poem "Pussywillows, Cat-tails".it seems to me to have so many things going for it on many diffrent levels
alliterations
Catbirds and cornfields
Riding on the roadside
and general superb control of the wonderful English language viz:-
Reveling, disheveling
Soft lips and fingertips
Treasuring, remembering
Naked limbs and wheat bins
Ok not onamatopoeic but beautiful rhyming
fantastic stuff
John Fowles

Though not written by Gord.

I sat and sang my songs on Susan's floor