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52 Short Stories and Poems: Stanley Plumly and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

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Copper Beech Tree I was in the library the other day and checked out  Now That My Father Lies Beside Me: New and Selected Poems, 1970-2000 by Stanley Plumly.  The hardcover was published by in 2000 by Ecco Press , an imprint of Harper Collins.  I am always looking for poets and poetry, but I'd never heard of him.  I live in Maryland.  Stanley Plumly is the Director of Creative Writing at the University of Maryland and the Poet Laureate of Maryland.  Plumly was at a library a few miles from where I live two months ago.   These are the websites I read to find out about him.   Stanley    Plumly   Anyhow, now I temporarily possess one of his books and have found a few pieces I like and understand. There's a poem titled "Conan Doyle's Copper Beaches" on page 35 of the softcover that was published in 2001.  I read a lot of Sherlock Holmes mysteries and am familiar with  "The Adventure of The Copper Beaches" ...