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Baitball Blogger

(46,727 posts)
Fri Jan 17, 2014, 11:53 PM Jan 2014

I'm looking for a needle in a haystack of a poem.

Many, many years ago I came across a short poem about ordinary people. I do not know the author, but it describes a brief encounter with this "ordinary" person. It involved a casual interaction, and then the ordinary person was back to withdrawing in his world.

It may be written by a Brit.

I know, it's not much to go by. Like I said, a needle in a haystack.

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I'm looking for a needle in a haystack of a poem. (Original Post) Baitball Blogger Jan 2014 OP
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Thanks. I'll give it a try. Baitball Blogger Nov 2014 #5

QuebecYank

(147 posts)
2. Try Quora
Sat Nov 22, 2014, 04:35 PM
Nov 2014

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QuebecYank

(147 posts)
4. The Quora app is free
Sat Nov 22, 2014, 08:26 PM
Nov 2014

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