[New-Poetry] Re: Breaking News -- Barry agrees with Bob

[Bob Grumman]

Judy Prince wrote:
> Good to hear you again, napped and all, Barry [tho 'tis a shame you're 
> tamed now and agree with Bob].  Roughgh stuff, life.
Judy, slow down: the dummy only agrees with me that he won't like what I 
wrote.

Barry, I think you have two poems.  The first is a nice resolved clang 
of a haiku.  The second is a little specialized--for people who know how 
bamboo grows, I guess (I don't).  Good haiku, though.  I'd rewrite the 
first line as something like, "bamboo strengthening with age;" and leave 
the rest as is.  As a continueation of the top three lines, it seems to 
me anti-climactic, an explanation acting somewhat against the mood the 
top three lines results in (for me). 

--Bob