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Re: Announcing the 2001 Poetry Super Highway Poetry Contest

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From: Anthony j Powell
Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2001 07:59
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"Curly++" <ocurtin@flash.local> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 29 Jun 2001 19:15:25 GMT, Anthony j Powell wrote:
>
>> Never joke about poetry.  Never.  It's a curse!

I don't believe in any of that voodoo crap.It hinders your mind and destroys
the soul.

Who's pissing in who's ear.


>
>
>           Rhyming Doubles Bubble Troubles
>
>           Come help! My mind's a-bubble.
>           It's poetry's the trouble.
>           Each morning as I wake
>           I haven't dared to spake.
>           It all comes out a jumble
>           every rhyme just seems to tumble
>           from my ever churning brain.
>           The best, I'll never hear again.
>           I go stumbling for some paper
>           and a modern writing taper
>           scribble frantically the train
>           of words springing from my brain.
>           But.  As I write, it's gone.
>           Getting paper took too long.
>           Yes, I write. I like the new bit.
>           It's just, the first would be a hit.
>           Oh!  Wait!  I've just been smitten!
>           Go away until it's written.
>
>
>                                          (C) COPYRIGHT 2001 OISIN CURTIN
>
>
> --
> Oisin  "Curly++"  Curtin               http://pages.infinit.net/curlypp/
> "Life is a non-renewable resource, use it well."         ocurtin@usa.net
> oligodendroglioma grade 3,   2000/Jun/1,   rad                  SURVIVOR
>
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