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To: Grainne who wrote (100523)	4/7/2005 12:07:46 AM
From: ManyMoose	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

I could see the greyhounds running around on his three acres, back when I was running every morning they would come out to bark. It took them about two seconds to get from one side of the yard to the other. They are built to run, and they do. I'm not a real big fan of greyhound racing. The only thing I know about it is a photographer from the Portland Oregonian got killed years ago while taking pictures of the dogs racing because he forgot about that the mechanical bunny they were chasing and it smacked him in the face.

To: Grainne who wrote (100523)	4/7/2005 12:31:40 AM
From: ManyMoose	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Poetry is good. One can never get too much of it. Poets are concise; every word hits hard or goes to the scrap heap. The poems I posted over on The Poetry Corner were just some that caught my eye, one from each volume as I put it on my bookshelf. I know of three poets who became mystery writers, and have signed copies of mysteries by two of them. For my taste, they make the BEST mystery writers. Here's a poem by Richard Hugo. He is one of the three, but unfortunately he's the one I don't have signed. He called himself a "poet of place." You can see what he meant in the following lines. Degrees Of Gray In Philipsburg You might come here Sunday on a whim. Say your life broke down. The last good kiss you had was years ago. You walk these streets laid out by the insane, past hotels that didn't last, bars that did, the tortured try of local drivers to accelerate their lives. Only churches are kept up. The jail turned 70 this year. The only prisoner is always in, not knowing what he's done... this poem goes on, if you care to see it, here's the rest: completeclassics.com I've been to Philipsburg, and many of the places Hugo wrote about. He captures them so perfectly it is spooky, like you are walking dreamlike in that place.