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it is quite extraordianary that this didn't win!

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Martine this was the only poem that I immediately knew who had entered it. You wuz robbed (not really)

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Somehow, Leonard just never came to mind when I read it ~ "Pooh what a whiff" ~ now, Leonard definitely has a nature that's genteel, but aligning that line with him was just a conceptual leap I wasn't prepared to make, with the label "Leonardesque" ~ creative, however, yes . It was all of that! What I'm happiest about is your wonderful attitude !!! I appreciate, and I'm certain Laurie does .

~ Lizzy

Somehow, Leonard just never came to mind when I read it ~ "Pooh what a whiff" ~ now, Leonard definitely has a nature that's genteel, but aligning that line with him was just a conceptual leap I wasn't prepared to make, with the label "Leonardesque"

Let me disabuse you of that notion. "Pooh what a whiff" is quite tame compared to what appeared on the "Notebook" pages of the Sony site. I have a difficult time listening to Closing Time knowing that Leonard had problems with his stool and had to use Preparation H while he was writing that song. His nature is not as genteel as you imagine.

~ Even with those particular issues, it would be difficult to imagine the words "Pooh what a whiff" coming forth. I don't quite make the connection between gentility and use of Preparation H as being polar opposites, or even in the least bit contradictory. My point, of course, would require that you come with something even more 'genteel' than "Pooh what a whiff," if your intent is to dispute. I'm certain he did use words less fluffy on his pages .