snip Buck said she could rattle off poetry like >nothing. She didn't ever have to stop to think. This last sentence is, >of course, obvious from the poem. Can someone tell me who this barb is >directed toward? > >Tom in Tokyo >[log in to unmask] Not quite a response, but wasn't there something about backwoods poets in "Cpa't Stormalong's Visit to Heaven"? Laurin Mair [log in to unmask]