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October 2001, Week 2

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Re: OT: FW: Poem AKA One
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Jim Phillips <[log in to unmask]>
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Jim Phillips <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 11 Oct 2001 14:03:41 -0400
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Wright, Dennis <[log in to unmask]> writes:

> You should listen to Public Radio..  Each morning they read a poem. None
of
> them rhyme.
> I was also under the impression that poems should rhyme.  Guess not...

While I can't say whether or not you should listen to Public Radio, here is
what Webster's says:

poem, n. A verse composition, with meter and with or without rhyme,
expressing fine thoughts in a beautiful manner.

I guess that rules out all those limericks I learned back in high school....

Jim Phillips                           Information Systems Manager
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