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merlin:

Richard Hugo - “Degrees of Gray in Philipsburg”

This is my favorite poem.

Better to listen before you read it.

This is not my favorite poem, but reminds me I should read more poetry. Read poetry at all, and out loud, if only to myself.

For the language, my friends.

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   I am not a poetry guy, but I do like things that are really, really good.

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   (or heard) this before. Wow.

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    poem, but reminds me I should...more poetry. Read poetry at all, and out loud, if only to...

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    I love Richard Hugo. I knew a guy who used to come into my office when I worked at a software company in Seattle and...

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