Marty. I think Mr. Adams would certainly claim no. 2. I think he is a fellow traveller with Richard Dawkins.
No. 1 is difficult. He was a communist and is a strident socialist, but then again he is also a wealthy rural landowner and business man.
A Letter to Phillip Adams
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Thanks for the comment Heather. I did intend to try and slow the rhythm down in the last stanza, is that what you mean ?
I also wanted to make a bit of variety in the metre and rhyme just so it didn't go from beginning to end on the same " tune ". Do you think that didn't work ?
I also wanted to make a bit of variety in the metre and rhyme just so it didn't go from beginning to end on the same " tune ". Do you think that didn't work ?

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It slowed Neville but I found it a bit jerky whereas the first two stanzas have a lovely rhythm.
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I'll have another look at it. Heather. 

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It is your poem Neville and if you like it that way I will keep my mouth shut!
Heather

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WHAT !!!!!!!!!
Take that comment and run Neville.
Robert





Take that comment and run Neville.
Robert
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After you grasp that everything else seems insignificant !!!
After you grasp that everything else seems insignificant !!!