X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,638b06bd58abb1c5 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public From: scoin@fortnet.org (Steven C) Subject: Re: REQ: A swan Date: 1996/09/03 Message-ID: <50i8jk$8kv@hplvejl.lvld.hp.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 178263639 references: <50dftf$9ng@newsbf02.news.aol.com> content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII organization: Hewlett Packard Loveland (Mountain IT) Site mime-version: 1.0 newsgroups: alt.ascii-art In article <50dftf$9ng@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, august12@aol.com (August12) wrote: >For the person that requested the repost: > > Subject: Re: REQ: A swan >From: eetee@iglou.com (Eric Taylor) >Date: Tue, 20 Aug 1996 14:09:52 GMT >Message-ID: > >Kish wrote: > >>> >>> Keith H. (klh@ripco.com) wrote: >>> >>> >If anyone has an ascii-art rendering of a swan, please post it. >>> >No ugly ducklings, please. >>> > > > >> Dusk >> above the >> water hang the >> loud >> flies >> Here >> O so >> gray >> then >> what A pale signal will appear >> when Soon before its shadow fades >> where Here in this pool of opened eye >> in us No upon us As at the very edges >> of where we take shape in the dark air >> This object bares its image awakening >> ripples of recognition that will >> brush darkness up into light >>even after this bird this hour both drift byatop the perfect >>sad instant now already passing out of sight >> toward yet-untroubled reflection >> this image bares its object darkening >> into memorial shades scattered bits of >> light No of water Or something across >> water Breaking up no being regathered >> soon Yet by then a swan will have >> gone yes out of mind into what >> vast >> pale >> hush >> of a >> place >> past >> sudden dark as >> if a swan >> sang WOW!!!! Steven Coin