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Letter’s From The ReadersDear Editor; On behalf of the Masonic Poets Society, Id like to commenton some poems from our site being included in your July issue.While I was quite pleased to see the poems used, and appreciated thecitation of our site and URL as the source, I was dismayed that youdid not list the author, Douglas Malloch (1877 - 1938). One of ourmissions at the MPS is to gain proper recognition for authors. This iswhy most of our pages are arranged by author, and contain biographiesof the poets who wrote them. For these men, their poetry is their legacyand their immortality. To print any authors work without his nameis to steal from him. And it also deprives the reader. If the poem isvery good (or bad), the reader should be able to know who created it,so that he can seek out (or avoid) more works by the same author, orat least keep an eye out for him during future reading. Knowing theera in which an author wrote can also be important. Malloch, for example,used some terms in some of his other writings that today would bevery far from "politically correct", but in 1900 were perfectly acceptable.Since TWT is an online publication, we request that youchange that page to add Brother Mallochs name to the poems. We alsohope you will continue to use our site as a resource, and encourageother editors to do so as well, be they wide-circulation magazinessuch as yours or humble Lodge newsletters. But please, give propercredit where credit is due. We are not the Masonic Poetry Society. Weare are the Masonic POETS Society, and invite any Masonic Poet in yourreadership to contribute to our growing collection. Fraternally,Brother Owen Lorion Cerrillos Lodge #19 Santa Fe, NMBrother Lorion– Please accept my apologies for omitting the authorsname. This was not intentional and going forward all I willmake every attempt to make sure that all names are provided.Thanks CoryBy the way thanks for the mention on your websitehttp://ziavista.net/OMRI/MasonicForums.htm“The Working Tools (Ning) ”Bland; klunky interface; adjunct to decentonline magazine.I guess bad press is better than no press at all!!!Letter’s continued on next page...7 ON THE WEB AT WWW.TWTMAG.COM 7