From the Poet's Pencil

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0><script type="text/javascript" src="http://hb.lycos.com/hb.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://ratings.lycos.com/ratings/lycosRating.js.php"></script> <script type="text/javascript"><![CDATA[//><!]]></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://scripts.lycos.com/catman/init.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://members.tripod.com/adm/ad/code-start.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://members.tripod.com/adm/ad/code-middle.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://members.tripod.com/adm/ad/code-end.js"></script> <noscript> <img src="http://members.tripod.com/adm/img/common/ot_noscript.gif?rand=495098" alt="" width="1" height="1" />  <iframe frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" width="728" height="90" src="http://ad.yieldmanager.com/st?ad_type=iframe&ad_size=728x90&section=209094"></iframe>  </noscript> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#666633" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="045005a2ddvuvs.gif"> <div> <B>From the Poet's Pencil</b></div> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#999966" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="058b9fb0.gif" border=0 width="185" height="251" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></b></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#DDDDDD" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bio"><U>Bio</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id24.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Art"><U>Art</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Library"><U>Library</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id30.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Me"><U>Contact Me</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="494" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 225 ><NOBR><div> <B>W</b><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Verdana Ref" >ithout poets, </FONT></div> <div> without artists, </div> <div> men would soon weary </div> <div> of nature's monotony. </div> <div> The sublime idea </div> <div> men have of the universe </div> <div> would collapse </div> <div> with dizzying </div> <div> speed. </div> <bR> <div> <B>Guillaume Apollinaire</b> </div> <div> (1880-1918), Italian-born </div> <div> French poet, critic.</div> <bR> <bR> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#666633 WIDTH="25"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="225" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="25" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER BGCOLOR=#999966><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="05ed28f0.jpg" border=0 width="210" height="143" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=3 HEIGHT= 14 ><NOBR><div> <B>From the Poet's Pencil </b>is Copyright © 2002 by Linda  J  Austin</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>