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> the BP
> Poetry Judges have selected Dan Becker's April submission as most
> fitting to
> be read at midnight on December 31st:
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> Submitted by, Sharpshooter, Jury Foreman
I am mightily touched and honored by this once in a thousand year
recognition. However, in the interest of full disclosure, I must note that
the jury foreman is just a touch biased in making this award, inasmuch as it
was he that extracted said poem from my otherwise limpid prose.
Nonetheless, I am moved to share with all y'all the hokku (initial verse) of
my epic haika (chain of verses) still being constructed relating the
experience of my home's rehabilitation:
Mr. Home Builder
(dream of your ideal home come true)
Money supplies sweat;
twenty seasons slowly change --
House slowly changes.
Of course, the right to remodel initial verses is reserved pending further
empirical research.
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Dan Becker, Exec. Dir. Much like the Lorax who speaks
Raleigh Historic for the trees
Districts Commission I speak for the buildings and
[log in to unmask] even for Mies...
DISCLAIMER: ...But my views may not be
RHDC's
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