Dave,
        I believe you, I was just winging off the top of my head, I just
didn't realize the sheer quantity.
        And as a good lesson boys and girls, if Dave says it, you can bank
it.
Paul

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> 
> Paul Herman writes:
> >Umm, there are around 400 poems, I believe, about 100 or so unpublished.
> 
> My 800 estimate was off, but not by that much!
> A court mandated recount has shown roughly 430+ published, and 240+
> unpublished.
> 
> Of course, this is not an exact business.  Do you count variant versions
> of the same poem twice?  Do you count story headings?  If so, do the
> headings
> on each chapter count seperately?
> 
> In any case, even conservative counting turns up over 650.
> 
> -- 
> David Gentzel
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