> the BP
> Poetry Judges have selected Dan Becker's April submission as most
> fitting to
> be read at midnight on December 31st:

<snip>

> 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
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            DISCLAIMER:     ...But my views may not be
                                            RHDC's