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   Ross Clark to All   
   National Great Poetry Reading Day (28 Ap   
   28 Apr 24 23:13:37   
   
   From: benlizro@ihug.co.nz   
      
   Launched in 1996 by the Academy of Great American Poets...   
   (Nah, just kidding, I put the "great" in there.)   
   OK kids, go out there and read some poetry today -- just make sure it's   
   great. Or is it...go out to a poetry reading, but make sure it's a great   
   one?   
      
   Crystal picks Emily Dickinson. Two of her poems fit onto half a page and   
   leave a lot of white space.   
      
   A word is dead   
   When it is said,   
       Some say.   
   I say it just   
   Begins to live   
       That day.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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