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ReplyTo a comment on Stella 130 by BenRice.

Dovina9 Mar 2006

A good-dog poem, but a bit wordy and cumbersome, i.e.:
"If coal is black" seems trite. Why not just "As coal . . .
"greyhounds that race" could drop the "that."
"long tail is wagged" Passive voice could be made active.
And If her name is stella, why not make it the last word?