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As Bad as a Mile - March 2004
Chosen by Christopher Ricks
'As Bad as a Mile'. Bad title, spot off, unlike the poem which is spot on, perfectly aimed, no shying. Succinct, and asking succinctness of us, as readers and even more so if we are commentators. One sentence, two rhymes, these in threes. An entire success about failure's taking over, an admonitory wisdom that bites off not only exactly how much it can chew but how much it can digest, Read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest.
- Christopher Ricks
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