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Re: Against the marsh by Dan Barfield

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Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2024 21:23:46 +0000
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by: General-Zod - Thu, 11 Apr 2024 21:23 UTC

Will Dockery wrote:

> On Thursday, September 7, 2023 at 7:20:12 PM UTC-4, General-Zod wrote:
>> https://groups.google.com/g/rec.arts.poems/c/vqug7OFOL60/m/8wLCIeJPh8oJ
>>
>> On Friday, August 27, 1999 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-4, Andrew Roller wrote:
>> >
>> > ---------------------------------------------------------------
>> > Visit me at: http://home.earthlink.net/~roller666/index.html
>> > ---------------------------------------------------------------
>> >
>> > Against the marsh
>> > by Dan Barfield
>> >
>> > Willie-boy,...limited
>> > computer access time...
>> > Beautiful day here...
>> > silvery-bright, the ocean
>> > like a silver-blue mirror,
>> > palm trees whispering to the wind.
>> >
>> > white
>> > birds standing like virgin brides
>> > against the yellow-green of the
>> > marsh....
>> > been painting hard, doing good work--I think--
>> > still living off
>> > of peas and rice and fish....
>> > crabbing "ain’t worth a
>> > damn!"
>> > ....television don’t work anymore
>> > (thank God..No distractions there!)
>> > Still no phone...
>> > doubt I'll get one.....
>> > Joe's doing alright
>> > since he cut off his thumb..
>> > learning to paint without
>> > it
>> > Robert-called-Duncan
>> > ...still walking around with his flashlight.....
>> > Latino girls still beautiful,
>> > but untouchable......take
>> > care,old friend....Dan
>> >
>> > ---------------------------------------------------------------
>> > For more poetry visit:
>> > http://www.angelfire.com/al2/willdockerypoems/index.html
>> >
>> > Against the marsh is copyright 1999 by Dan Barf
>> >
>> > 30
>>
>> There it is, a Dan Barfield poem posted to Usenet, almost 24 years ago to the day, Aug 27, 1999, 3:00:00 AM...
>>
>> Original post at rec.arts.poems:
>>
>> https://groups.google.com/g/rec.arts.poems/c/vqug7OFOL60/m/8wLCIeJPh8oJ

> Good find, Zod

Greetings, may Dan rest in peace...!

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