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I think you have just demonstrated, Maria, that these tracings and connections continue on the web. Mairead At 12:43 PM 6/17/01 +1000, you wrote: >Thanks to Mairead and Matthew for tracing the poems for me - it's >fascinating to trace another, unknown reader's inspiration through time - >pencilled notes in margins of old texts, dedications written by an unknown >hand, or as is the case with this small mystery, an ancient pressed flower >and a faded ink quotation, marking a place in a book of poetry which I - >at this moment in time - also find inspiring. > >I wonder if through the rise of the electronic transmission and >publication of poetry, we will lose this chance connection to other >readers across time by a loss of the 'physicality' of text. > >thanks again > >maria