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IN COMPETITION No 312 you were invited to write a poem called . Ian D Morrison summed up his disillusionment with one hyped volume: ‘Unlike Charlie Dickens’ / Or Frankie Schubert's catchy score/ That left consumers wanting more/ This tale is just a thorough bore.’ Paul Holland began intriguingly: ‘I read when I don't know what to do.’ Quite a few competitors took the volume to be

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