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Mairead wrote: <<"One Life" is a title associated with Rukeyser -- her biography of Wendell Willkie, right? Joseph, are you thinking of Bishop's villanelle "One Art"? Thanks for the reference to the Rich poem.>> Of course you're right. I had forgotten about the biography. There is also a good, eccentric biography by R. of the scientist Willard Gibbs. And yes, I was thinking of Bishop's "One Art"--just a bit too clever for my own good in this case. jd -- ====================== Joseph Duemer School of Liberal Arts, box 5750 Clarkson University Potsdam NY 13699 315.268.3967 [log in to unmask] http://web.northnet.org/duemer http://www.grammarbitch.com/ppp/index.html ====================== Through the loop of the rusted padlock a blade of green . . . In the bed of a rusted war truck the farmer begins his rice [John Brandi, from Stone Garland, 1999] %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%