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Unread 04-14-2025, 03:59 AM
Jim Ramsey Jim Ramsey is offline
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Hi David,

I like the idea of taking a line from one of her poems as a title. James's idea of "Read it Slant," a play on the famous line "tell all the truth but tell it slant" was good. I like Julie's idea of using "Nobody" too. I think there are several titles that could be taken from "I'm Nobody! Who are you?":

I'm Nobody! Who are you?
Are you - Nobody - too?
Then there's a pair of us!
Dont tell! they'd banish us - you know!

How dreary - to be - Somebody!
How public - like a Frog -
To tell your name - the livelong June -
To an admiring Bog!

BTW, I got your poem all along from the first. I was only pretending to be oblivious—not!

Jim

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