But while waiting for the event to start last night, I found myself tinkering with it again. I wonder if it will ever be finished.
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Tag: re-drafting
repetition and variation
Perhaps in Spanish this might be the case, since there’s no orthographic distinction between the prefix eco (from the Greek οἰκο- oiko) as in ecological, and eco (from the Latin echo, in turn from the Greek ἠχώ ēchṓ) as in echolalia; but in English, I suppose I must accept that the term is used to refer to poetry with an ecological emphasis.
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temptation
I came across this gorgeous rosebud recently: a vivid splash of colour on an essentially monochrome day. 
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before breakfast
time and distance
I have been sorting out papers and have come across a few poems which seem to have slipped through the cracks when copying from one computer to another over the years: I don’t have copies on the current laptop, and I don’t remember seeing printed copies recently.
I haven’t exactly forgotten them, though, as the title or first line is enough to trigger almost complete recall of the words. This is why I find editing and revision so difficult: by the time I commit the words to writing, they have become fixed in my mind.
When I came across Cousin Grace it was like seeing a familiar face – albeit one I feel could do with a make-over:
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don't confuse the narrator 