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hi all this meets one of my daily nutritional needs: http://www.poems.com/ janet "Poetry Is the Art of Not Succeeding" Poetry is the art of not succeeding; the art of making a little ritual out of your own bad luck, lighting a little fire made of leaves, reciting a prayer in the ordinary dark. It's the art of those who didn't make it after all; who were lucky enough to be left behind, while the winners ran on ahead to wherever it is winners go running to. O blessed rainy day, glorious as a paper bag. The kingdom of poetry is like this -- quiet, anonymous, a dab of sunlight on the back of your hand, a view out the window just before dusk. It's an art more shadow than statue, and has something to do with your dreams running out -- a bare branch darkening on a winter sky, the week-old snow frozen into something hard. It's an art as simple as drinking water from a tin cup; of loving that moment at the end of autumn, say, when the air holds no more promises, and the days are short and likely to be gray. A bland light is best to see it in. Middle age brings it to flower. And there, just when you're feeling your weakest, it floods you completely, leaving you weeping as you drive your car. Joe Salerno Only Here Ars Poetica Copyright 1998 by Beverly Salerno, Executrix of the Estate of Joe Salerno. All rights reserved. Reproduced by Poetry Daily with permission. janet marie paterson 52/41/37 a new voice <http://www.geocities.com/janet313/> 613 256 8340 po box 171 almonte ontario canada k0a 1a0