This was part of a Rattaplan ad I received: David Lehman's study of detective novels, The Perfect Murder was nominated for an Edgar Award and is series editor of The Best American Poetry. I don;t know, but surely we poets should be able to write a plain sentence when that is required (however much we might deconstruct grammar in a poem)? A little yelp of pain... Doug Douglas Barbour 11655 - 72 Avenue NW Edmonton Ab T6G 0B9 (780) 436 3320 http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/ Latest book: Continuations (with Sheila E Murphy) http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?LID=41&bookID=664 Where philosophy stops, poetry is impelled to begin. He was a man, far away from home, biting his nails at destiny. Susan Howe