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And a Roadrunner, too
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Alice seemed almost as excited about our seeing new birds as we were seeing
them ourselves. On one of the first days we were there, she yelled
“Roadrunner...
15 hours ago
A good writer could construct a whole novel around that one Ron.
ReplyDeleteI've just read R.J. Waller's Bridges of Madison County and it kind of brought that to mind.
Those long-winded novelists better be careful about "blowing things up".
ReplyDeleteBut what if I should tell you that a good writer already compressed that lengthy novel into a short poem? Do we really know what position we're in?
I answered, but it didn't take. It was just a smart-aleck response, anyway, so I won't reconstruct it.
ReplyDeleteShit, there it is! Delayed reaction!
ReplyDeleteAre you having comment delay too? I've been grumbling about it at the weekend and left a question on Blogger Help. There was one other similar complaint there too. no response to either though. Must be a bug in the system.
ReplyDeleteYes, maybe you wrote a story then did a concentrated version in the form of a poem. I can see that! :-)
Not with the present material, but I did once write a short story and later came back and rendered it as a semi-erotic poem. I liked it better as a poem, though you'd think I wouldn't be able to decide!
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