Sprintedon Hollow

Other Literary Persons
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 [ Two entries before this one/ I wrote of finding
   two somethings this Friday I did not expect to
   find.  I shared the first of those there.  Here I'll
   be sharing the second.  Mysteries do enfold
   my life; and due to my beliefs, these mysteries
   are not random events. ]



 In an old manila folder I had labeled Literary Info I found 
 a Volume 7, Number 8 September-October 1985 copy of
 American Book Review.  I see it had been mailed to me.
 I do not know why I kept it, and I have not tried to discern 
 why.  I had, however, left it open so that pages 10 and 11
 were visible.  These are pages centered on Robert Duncan
 and on his having won the 1985 National Poetry Award.
 Duncan's book of the moment was Ground Work: Before
 the War, and then I noted that beginning on page 10 was 
 a review of that book by Ron Silliman.  I placed that ABR 
 on my bed, stood beside my bed, and read Mr. Silliman's
 review.  As I read, it became evident/ what I was learning
 about Robert Duncan and Ron Silliman (who at that time
 was not, as they say, on my radar) was less important 
 than what I was learning about myself.
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 Yesterday, or the day before, I had a similar experience
 when I read online an article about a poet I was slightly
 aware of, but never enough interested in to become more
 aware of: William Bronk; and I would not have on that day 
 sought to know more had I not first been interested in
 learning more about Marjorie Perloff, and had come upon
 and read/ an online interview of her by a writer who had 
 written three books about William Bronk.
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 My life is a plethora of mysteries I am certain--however
 poorly I am able to appreciate them--are not random.
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 Once I find it, I intend to link this entry to a rather strange
 something I wrote a few years back/ while I was briefly
 online at a business-oriented site.  It is a something which/
 occurs in a cave. 



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