[New-Poetry] Books A Poet Should Own

[elemenope at icubed.com]

Senor Borges believed that of all his books,
it is this one, "The Book of Sand," that will
survive the ravages of fate and the aversions
of incommensurable dimensions.  He says
one thing more: Of the texts his hand has generated,
"The Book of Sand" alone would he recommend
to the reader seeking in the labyrinths of libraries
that may in remote countries still exist
to be read and to be the only book to be reread
and read again for it is the last book you are fated to read
for the remainder of a very singular mortal's existence.

Richard Dillon
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> Message: 1
> Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 10:25:33 -0700
> From: "James Cervantes" <cervantes.james at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Re: [New-Poetry] Books A Poet Should Own

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> Yes, absolutely, though it be of sand!
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> - Jim
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> On 10/25/06, Helen Ruggieri <hruggier at localnet.com> wrote:
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>> a blank one

> From: "Roger Day" <rog3r.day at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Re: [New-Poetry] Books A Poet Should Own

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> the book  of death
> the book of love
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> On 10/25/06, James Cervantes <cervantes.james at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Yes, absolutely, though it be of sand!
>>
>> - Jim
>>
>> On 10/25/06, Helen Ruggieri <hruggier at localnet.com> wrote:
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>> >
>> > a blank one
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>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: JforJames at aol.com
>> > To: new-poetry at wiz.cath.vt.edu
>> > Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 3:49 PM
>> > Subject: Re: [New-Poetry] Books A Poet Should Own
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>> > In a message dated 10/23/2006 9:25:45 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
>> > elemenope at icubed.com writes:
>> >
          "The Book of Sand"
>> > Jorge Luis Borges
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>> > Borges Selected Non-Fictions
>> > Penguin  (2000)
>> > ISBN: 0140290117