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Name:  Bob Taylor

Location:  Michigan

Age:  59

Pets:  outlived them all

Favorite Poet:  B. Dylan, W. Nelson, D. Levitt

Favorite Poem:  Flanders Field

How long have you been writing poetry?: Since April.

What/Who inspires you to write?: Life.

Favorite Quote or Motto: If it is to be it is up to me!

Writing Awards, Publications, and other Achievements: Still alive after teen years, Vietnam, forty years of marriage, two sons and a daughter, five grandchildren and a new heart!

Additional Poet Information: I received a new heart on 8/10/2001 at the University of Michigan Medical Center. I have been living for seven years with a borrowed heart. Jennifer allowed me to live by donating her brother David's heart.