The 'Poems by Bob "Tex" Armentrout' Pages have a brand spankin-new cyber-home at: http://www.geocities.com/bobarmentrout/ hi all it is with great pleasure that i tell y'all that bob armentrout's poetry is now ensconced in bob's own website [howdeeee! another cyber-neighber of mine at geocities!) it has been (and still will be, i hope - that boy can spout some verbiage!) my great honour and privilege to help make bob's words accessible on the wwweb whether on my own site or on his own site makes no never-mind i heard an interview this morning with a hungarian-born-now-canadian woman, author of a book about her family's escape from an oppressive regime in hungary she remembered her grandfather often saying (admittedly not his quote) that when dictators want to take control they round up (and shut up) all the writers first; since they were a critical threat to a dictatorship's stability because "poets cannot lie" the words struck me as i was working on bob's wwweb pages for their truth was smack dab in front of me on the screen staring at me bob says he doesn't necessarily 'enjoy' writing but that he 'has to' i believe that that 'having to' is a timeless connection to spirit and truth his voice speaks for itself go have a listen janet janet paterson, an akinetic rigid subtype parkie 53 now /44 dx cd / 43 onset cd /41 dx pd / 37 onset pd TEL: 613 256 8340 URL: http://www.geocities.com/janet313/ EMAIL: [log in to unmask] SMAIL: POBox 171 Almonte Ontario K0A 1A0 Canada