Actually, I think it was Mairead that mentioned William's wife, Flossie. Did you know her? You seem to be on very close terms. Mairead On Mon, 10 Jul 2000, Joseph Duemer wrote: > I think it is in the late essay "I Wanted to Write a Poem" that WCW > tells the story behind "This is just to say," which as Mark says is > addressed to Floss. > > jd > ________________________ > Joseph Duemer > School of Liberal Arts-5750 > Clarkson University > Potsdam NY 13699 > [log in to unmask] > ________________________ > > "Always come down from the barren heights > of cleverness into the green valleys of folly." > ::Wittgenstein > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%