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What makes this poem minimally interesting (not necessarily successful) is the word "whereas". And when I say "minimally interesting," I mean "minimally interesting to me."

I don't think the poem is particularly successful because

1. It was dashed off.


2. It doesn't say anything pressing.

Poems need a sense of urgency, an acute necessity. Or they should reveal something. Neither occurred here.

I need to spend more time writing and not thinking about writing.

By the way....

Are you enjoying our constitutional crisis?

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Judge rules against 'intelligent design': 'Religious alternative' to evolution cannot be taught in public school classes (thanks, brendand)

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