Saturday, April 29, 2006
[1863 - William Randolph Hearst, publisher, born in San Francisco, California]
[1899 - Edward "Duke" Ellington, musician, composer, bandleader, born in Washington, D.C.]
[1945 - American soldiers liberate Nazi concentration camp in Dachau, Germany]
[1951 - Dale Earnhardt, NASCAR auto racer, champion, born in Kannapolis, North Carolina]
[1975 - US Evacuation of Saigon]
Verse Averse
Writing prose is always in fashion.
Writing verse requires passion.
What begins as a trickle may end in a torrent.
Leaving William to wonder where his time went.
William's Whimsical Words:
Of the several hundred million Americans, how many do you suppose could name the current US Poet Laureate?
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