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<P><U><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">For <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Alice</st1:place></st1:City><o:p></o:p></SPAN></U></P>
<P><U><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"></SPAN></o:p></SPAN></U></P>
<P><U><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Often, when I critique a
poem, it is as if I’m reading two separate pieces. On the one hand, I don’t
really care about details. I’m only dialed into the gestalt of the reading
experience. Does it talk to me? Do I enjoy it?<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Is my imagination stimulated?<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Does it sing to me? , Does it touch my
emotions?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></U></P>
<P><U><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"> </SPAN></o:p></SPAN></U></P>
<P><U><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">On the other hand,
details are very important when I read the poem in an analytical way. Does
everything make sense?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>What are the
layers of meaning?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>What is its
message?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Are there ambivalences?
<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>What words are superfluous?<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>What questions are left unanswered?
<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Etc.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></U></P>
<P><U><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">When looking at this
poem in the first way, it makes perfect sense. It is beautiful. I love the
humor.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It is heart warming.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I love it.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></U></P>
<P><U><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">When I read it in the
second way, I have questions. There are areas that are not clear. But that is
not the way I believe this piece is meant to be read. Nevertheless, I’ve read it
that way as well, because. Well, just because... <o:p></o:p></SPAN></U></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal> </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Could this poem be classified as a poem of the
romance-writing genre?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><U><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">It could definitely be in the romance writing
category.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></U></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman"></FONT> </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman"></FONT> </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman"></FONT> </P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal
align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">The Romance Tale of Old Poem and Old Soul</FONT></B></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal
align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman"></FONT></B> </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><U><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Romancing the Old Sole,
definitely.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></U></B></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal
align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal
align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">Romancing the Old Soul</FONT></B></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal
align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman"></FONT></B> </P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal
align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">Old Poem's Romancing the Old Soul</FONT></B></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal
align=center><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"></FONT> </P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal
align=center><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">By Alice Jane-Marie
Massa</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman"></FONT> </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman"></FONT> </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">I am Old Poem.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">My lines mark my age:</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">my rhymes are wrinkling at the ends.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">My feet that once were stressed and unstressed</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><U><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">I’m having trouble with the meaning of feet being
stressed and unstressed in a poem. What are the poem’s feet? I have a feeling
that this is a technical term. Is it?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></U></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><U><o:p><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></SPAN></o:p></U></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">now just amble along</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">in whatever free verse </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">that fits with orthotics.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><U><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">I like ambling along with what fits with free verse.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I like the idea of the poem going where
ever it is going in what ever way it gets there without worrying too much about
<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>form, pattern, syllables, and
the like.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></U></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">Now, I know I am old</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">because I am afraid of falling--</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">terrified of a line break.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><U><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">I’m having a little trouble distinguishing between
metaphor and literalism, but I get the general
idea.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></U></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman"></FONT> </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">** Second Stanza</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman"></FONT> </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">However, Old Soul is holding me tenderly:</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">in his warm, arthritic hands, </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">I relax.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><U><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">This is a lovely, cozy
feeling.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></U></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">I rejuvenate in his caress</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">until his right hand's fingers</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">gently and artfully turn</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">my dog-eared page—</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><U><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Old sole reads Old Poem seeing her as beautiful as when
she was first written.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></U></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">once a cute puppy-eared page--</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">languidly to the left</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">of where I am duty-bound.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><U><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">I’m assuming, duty bound refers to where the page must be
when it is turned. It’s a feeling of reliability and faithfulness. Indeed a
romantic theme when it comes to an old couple. I love this
verse.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></U></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman"></FONT> </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">** Third Stanza</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman"></FONT> </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">A-a-ah, the light from the gooseneck lamp</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">warms and invigorates two more tattered pages</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">which the Old Soul reads aloud</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><U><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">It’s like old sole is reading out loud to the poem. It is
a way of making love and it doesn’t matter how tattered Old Poem is. Perhaps her
age is part of her beauty to him. Those pages have been turned by Old Sole
probably for a life time.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></U></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">in his full baritone voice,</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">as he once read before his class</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">of English majors mired in verse.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><U><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">the word mired is interesting.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Is it meant as a positive here?<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It means bogged down.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Does it mean that the students are
having difficulty with the verses? I want further clarification on that word
application.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></U></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">Each metaphor he mandates</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">makes me feel like </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">the Old Poem I am</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">is once again a virgin verse.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><U><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">`Nevertheless, <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>whatever mired means, the way Old Sole
reads it brings Old poem back to her youth and she feels young when he reads
her.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></U></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman"></FONT> </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">** Fourth Stanza</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman"></FONT> </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">The evening sails into midnight's mooring.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><U><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Great line.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></U></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><U><o:p><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></SPAN></o:p></U></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">The Old Soul's baritone is now barely a
whisper,</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">yet he reads on.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">Once again, he turns a page:</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">this time, somewhat clumsily, with less care.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">Instead of caressing the margins of me,</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">Old Soul is holding onto me</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">too tightly</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">as if by this stronghold</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">his hands will stop trembling.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">Nevertheless, his actions are making me
shutter.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><U>Absolutely beautiful
verse.</U> </FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">** Fifth Stanza</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman"></FONT> </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">Oh, sweet Old Soul,</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">he is dozing off.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">He is falling asleep--</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">falling ...</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">Old Soul is losing his grip on me!</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">Perhaps, I will glide gracefully to his lap.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">Oh, no!<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I am
falling, falling ...</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">falling over his lap,</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">tumbling, tumbling,</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">tumbling over his knees,</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">down his corduroy slacks,</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">sliding off his plaid slippers,</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">rolling onto the hardwood floor.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">What has Old Soul done to me?</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><U><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">I think Old Sole is losing his grip.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>To me, it seems as though his age has
caught up with him and his life is slipping away. He tries to hold on to the
things he loves. There really is no break between them.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Their mutual dependency on each
other is tender, scary, and romantic. Maybe a meaning for line break can mean
the ultimate break between old poem and Old
Soul.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></U></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><U><o:p><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></SPAN></o:p></U></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">Oh, my Muse, I have a line break!</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman"></FONT> </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">** Sixth Stanza</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman"></FONT> </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">9-1-1.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I
need a Poetry Ambulance right away.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">I am at Old Soul's <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address
w:st="on">Cottage Lane</st1:address></st1:Street>.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">I am Old Poem;</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">and in a most unromantic fall,</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">I sustained a terrible stanza break.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><U><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">I don’t know whether to take this last verse as humor, or
a metaphor concerning the final break between sole and Poem. It’s probably both.
I think the whole piece has these two stories going on.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I guess it is up to the reader to
resolve this inner conflict.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></U></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman"> ----</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">For Abbie</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 106%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR>THE WOODEN
FRONT PORCH<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><U><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 106%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">I like the title.
It’s picturesque and tells the reader immediately what the piece is all
about.</SPAN></U><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 106%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR><BR><BR>With
cobblestone steps and walkway,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><U><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 106%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">I like this line,
but there is a slight confusion. I don’t know if the steps are cobblestoned or
just the walkway. It could be read either way.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></U></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 106%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR>bare of
furnishings, this is where<BR>I stood with a wood chip for a microphone<BR>while
younger brother Andy accompanied me<BR>on an old paint
can,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><U><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 106%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Again, a minor
issue. I assume that the microphone was for you to sing into. I think Andy was
using the paint can for a drum, but you might have meant he was sitting on it
while accompanying you with his own voice or imaginary
instrument</SPAN></U><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 106%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR><BR>also
where rehearsals were conducted<BR>for a puppet show Mother directed<BR>in which
I played Winnie the Poo.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><U><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 106%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Mom really got
into it.</SPAN></U><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 106%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR><BR>From
here, Andy aimed his urine stream,<BR>leaving Mother to wonder<BR>how the grass
got so yellow,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><U><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 106%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">I love this
little verse. It’s bawdy, funny, got a healthy chuckle </SPAN></U><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 106%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR><BR>then
collected morning newspapers<BR>to be folded and delivered.<BR>When Andy
overslept, Dad found the papers.<BR>His cry of “Ah Hell! Andy!”<BR>roused the
entire household.<BR><U>I love this verse as well. It’s real. It got me into the
scene.</U><BR style="mso-special-character: line-break"><BR
style="mso-special-character: line-break"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 106%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Andy spent many
happy hours with friends<BR>playing miniature basketball<BR>with a small hoop
above the front door.<BR>I hated the thuds and clatters<BR>that resounded
through the house.<BR><U>Again, it got me right in. It would have riled me up if
I were in your place. But I could have easily have been with the perpetrators of
bedlam.<o:p></o:p></U></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 106%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR>One hot
summer day,<BR>we tried selling comic books,<BR>but no one was
interested,<BR>especially since the girl across the street<BR>was selling
lemonade.<BR><U>I’m very curious as to whether the neighbor girl initiated the
free enterprise competition, or whether you did. Or was it done at the same time
by chance. anyway, the lemonade won. Must have been a hot day. If it’s any
consolation, I would have gone for the comics.<o:p></o:p></U></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 106%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR>For years, we
traversed the porch<BR>while coming and going<BR>to and from school, the park,
downtown<BR><BR>until the house was eventually sold.<BR>Now, a new family graces
the porch<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><U><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 106%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">I wonder how old
you were when you had to leave your home. I would like to know how you
experienced it.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></U></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 106%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR>with a couple
of rocking chairs,<BR>will make their own memories here.<BR><U>So you have seen
how they decorated the porch. Were you told about the rocking chairs, or were
you there? <o:p></o:p></U></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><U><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 106%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">It ends on a
positive note. There is not a sense of loss, just nostalgia. I enjoyed this very
much. I remember my old porch as well.</SPAN></U><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 106%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR>--
---<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 106%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">For
Brad<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 106%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><U><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 106%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The strength of
this piece is rhythm and<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>rhyme, the sounds are excellent.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>I think meaning is compromised to some degree in order to maintain the
beauty of the sounds. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Nevertheless,
taken as a whole, the message is very clear, and I could listen to it over and
over again in enjoyment.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></U></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 106%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR>Prayer To The
Ancient One<BR>By Brad Corallo<BR>Word count 177<BR><BR>Let us join hands
all<BR>on his carpet of grass.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><U><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 106%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">This is really
knit picking; but carpet reminds me of something artificial.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Perhaps ‘sward’ of grass should be
considered. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></U></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 106%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR>The Green Man
returns<BR>and we feel winter pass!<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><U><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 106%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Leave out
‘and’.</SPAN></U><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 106%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR><BR>A wise
being that emboldens<BR>and quickens the corn.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><U><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 106%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The rhythm and
word sounds are really good.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></U></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 106%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR>He pipes the
unfolding<BR>the Earth is reborn!<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><U><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 106%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">I don’t think you
need ‘The’ here.</SPAN></U><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 106%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR><BR>Great
Horned semblance<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><U><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 106%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">I assume this
means he looks like a great horned sheep.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></U></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 106%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR>who's
glimpsed in the leaves.<BR>He kindles our hearts<BR>green magic he
weaves.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><U><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 106%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">For a people who
live to gather and hunt, the imagined game almost seen in the rough would be
quite stimulating.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I thin k their
blood would quicken.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It’s also
symbolic of the mating season.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></U></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 106%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR><BR>More than
ever we need him<BR>to be strong like a stone<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><U><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 106%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">I’m not sure I
like ‘stone ‘here. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></U></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><U><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 106%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">It rhymes with
bone, and I know what you mean. But a stone has no power unless wielded by
something conscious. Something with blood or sap.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>‘Bone’ may be too specific. I think you
are talking about flesh and blood which is being blighted by the unnatural
powers. Unleashed by <st1:place w:st="on">Silicon
Valley</st1:place>.</SPAN></U><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 106%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR>Against the
silicon chip<BR>and the blight in the bone.<BR><BR>From <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">Australia</st1:country-region></st1:place> to britten<BR>he's known
far and wide.<BR>He lived for the day<BR>for tomorrow he died.<BR><U>I really
like this verse. Its like, “Gather ye Rosebuds while ye may.” This is the spirit
of spring. It’s living in the moment. </U><BR>May he always return<BR>to gather
young life.<BR>Let us join in his wisdom<BR>and cast away strife. <BR><U>Since
when is spring without strife? Spring brings competition. A life without strife
is what we hope for in old age. Spring is not that.</U><BR
style="mso-special-character: line-break"><BR
style="mso-special-character: line-break"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 106%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The dice have
been rolled,<BR>there's less joy than sadness.<BR>Before it's too late<BR>let's
end all the madness.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><U><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 106%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">In this verse,
the true meaning of the poem fully unfolds. The madness is how we are destroying
Earth.</SPAN></U><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 106%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR><BR>For the
Earth is our trust<BR>good stewards are we<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><U><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 106%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">But we are not
good Stewarts. Good Stuarts should we be.</SPAN></U><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 106%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR>to love her
and tend her<BR>and all life will be free!<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><U><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 106%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">How will it be
free? What does ‘free’ mean in this context?</SPAN></U><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 106%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR><BR>----<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 106%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 106%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">For
Val<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 106%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 106%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 106%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><U><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 106%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">This piece is
powerful. I’m not sure, but I think it is addressing the issue of how the public
often reacts to blind people. But it would apply to any handicap or even of how
some segments of the general population react to minority
groups.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></U></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><U><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 106%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"> </SPAN></o:p></SPAN></U></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><U><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 106%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">I know, as a
blind person, I’m more likely to encounter over solicitude on the part of
others. I tend to shy away from such people, because I believe they are not
seeing me as a regular person, but rather a ‘blind’ person. It’s very
uncomfortable, and even though their intensions are good, it is unreal and
therefore untrustworthy. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></U></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><U><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 106%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"> </SPAN></o:p></SPAN></U></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><U><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 106%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">I also notice
people talking to somebody else, who can see, rather than me, even though the
subject is about me. It’s another kind of
depersonalization.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></U></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><U><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 106%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"> </SPAN></o:p></SPAN></U></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><U><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 106%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">On the other
hand, this piece may not have anything to do with handicap. It might be someone
who is interested in her. A male, a girl friend, a social worker or
teacher.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></U></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><U><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 106%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"> </SPAN></o:p></SPAN></U></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 106%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">I Don't
Know<BR><BR>Can I trust you?<BR style="mso-special-character: line-break"><BR
style="mso-special-character: line-break"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 106%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">More and more, I
waver,<BR>unsure of your honesty,<BR>motives<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><U><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 106%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Obviously, the
writer has interacted with this person and has reason to doubt their
authenticity. The poem starts out strongly, getting to the point. Excellent
economy of words.</SPAN></U><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 106%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR><BR>You call
me "friend",<BR>say you understand me,<BR>then, you attempt to control--"fix" me
as if I am <BR> broken<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><U><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 106%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Here it becomes
clear that the relationship has history. Blindness may have absolutely nothing
to do with this piece. Anybody in a close relationship can face this situation.
The other person is making it more obvious that they don’t love or like us, but
rather what they think we should be. They want to fix us by changing
us..</SPAN></U><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 106%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR><BR>Please,
ask before you assume,<BR>listen before you judge,<BR>understand I am able<BR>to
live, love,<BR>share in an accurate<BR>appreciation of thought<BR><U>These lines
bring me back to believing that the blindness issue is important in this
relationship.</U><BR style="mso-special-character: line-break"><BR
style="mso-special-character: line-break"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 106%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">I will let you
in<BR>happily, confidently, <BR>if you see me as<BR>an
equal<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><U><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 106%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The jury is still
out on whether the writer will be able to lower her defenses. She has and open
mind, but she has learned to trust her inner voice.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></U></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 106%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR><BR>Until
then, I'll bide <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 106%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">my time and
patience,<BR>hoping to be let in<BR>your inner world<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><U><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 106%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The meaning is;
If you will let down your facades, the face you want me to see, and have the
courage and caring to be honest, I might let you in.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I’ll try to be
patient.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></U></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><U><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 106%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"> </SPAN></o:p></SPAN></U></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><U><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 106%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"> </SPAN></o:p></SPAN></U></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><U><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 106%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Boy, I love this
piece. There is nothing about it I would change. Absolutely get this
published.</SPAN></U><SPAN
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style="mso-special-character: line-break"><BR
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style="LINE-HEIGHT: 106%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
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