Mr Henninge has registered amusement over the concluding lines I suck up the comfort, lean into bliss, hang ten with my Homer. which he took to be referring to the blind Greek poet (having ignored the Winslow Homer context explicitly elaborated in the first lines of the poem). Im Auftrag Herr Henninges his amanuensis University of Mainz (his own business) ________________________________ Von: lit-ideas-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx im Auftrag von david ritchie Gesendet: Sa 12.11.2005 07:22 An: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Betreff: [lit-ideas] Re: Thursday poem that will stand for Sunday's On Nov 10, 2005, at 10:41 PM, Robert Paul wrote: > Mr Paul said that it was a very fine piece of writing, much > appreciated on a rainy night. > Veronica Caley wrote; What a wonderful expression of the joys of solitude. Thank you David. I bask in pouring rain and plaudits. Thank you. David Ritchie Portland, Oregon ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html