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<p>I sent it out yesterday, but here it is again.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">###1. Poetry from Valerie Moreno</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Saint And Sultan</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">They called Il Poverello--</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Francesco, little poor man.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">He danced in the town square</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">as Assisi's townfolk marveled.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Is this Pietro Bernardone's son?</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Didn't he work in his </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">father's cloth shop?</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">He spent his family's money</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">on banquets and danced in</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">outrageous costumes of </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">red velvet and silk, a sight, indeed!</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Now, clad in simple garment, the color of
dirt,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">he is<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>disowned
by
Pietro;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">"He is mad!" Pietro curses and </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Francesco's mother cries.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">"He is a child of God," the people say.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Barefoot and laughing, he singspraises to God</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">as he gathers followers, rich and poor</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">to serve the crucified Christ, with joy--</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">"He is Risen! Peace and All Good!"</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Care for the lepers, poor, ill,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">acting out the Gospel stories with</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">voice and action captivated the </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">children as he crawled in snow, bleeting like
a sheep.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Even the Pope blessed him: flourish like the
palm
tree!"</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">How they did! Nobles, priests and the</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">beautiful Clare were God's little ones!</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">So, when Francesco went to Sultan Alec Al
Camil,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">he begged for an end to the</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">bloody Crusades.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Two men, meeting, gazing in one</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">another's eyes, truly read each other's
heart.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Talking, sharing, the two became friends.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Though he couldn't stop the bloodshed,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sultan Camil offered safe entry to </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">the Holy Land and his respect.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">How true a testament to faith and love</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">this story carried down the ages!</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Would that today the dialogue of</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Saint and Sultan bring us </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">respect and friendship in bloody times!</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">###2. Poetry from Brad Corallo</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>On
the eve
of this long planned and prepared for medical procedure,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I decided to submit the attached-also below
for our 8-23-18
session. Alice</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">had suggested that I submit a piece posted to
the list at
the end of July</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">and such was my plan. But somehow 2 more
pieces came along
on 8-5 & 8-6 and</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I decided to send this one. I am never sure
how seriously to
view such</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">sojourns into rhyme. As you will see, the
rhyme scheme is
AA/BB. I fear</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Leonard will find the language tedious as in
my previously
submitted rhyming</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">pieces. All I can say is, other than my cat
howling in the
background while</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I struggled and sought for suitable rhymes, I
had a lot of
fun putting this</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">together. So, here it is-for better or for
worse!</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">***</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Isle Of Avalon</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">C By Brad Corallo</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Word count 237</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In the Isle of Avalon they sing</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">songs Of The Once and Future King.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">He slumbers there on soft green grass</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">and time it barely seems to pass.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">By subtle spell I did there wake</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">called by The Lady Of The Lake .</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">As my heart was empty and hope was gone</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">she drew me hence to Avalon.<span
style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Its fields and vineyards knew my tread</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">and in meadows green I made my bed.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The enchantress taught me many things</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">of lore and spells and bygone kings.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I learned to play the lute and lyre</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">and the secret magic's of bale fire.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I gained great wisdom, renown and fame</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">and all who dwelt there knew my name.<span
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<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I studied herbs and the healing arts</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">and never failed with crossbow darts.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I became adept with sword and lance </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">and my standing there did fast advance.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I had the gift of vision dreams</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">and could weave the light of bright Moon
beams.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I was known as bard and sage by all</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">and one day received The Lady's call.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">"For Arthur's Merlin you shall be</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">and with him return across the sea.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">To unite the peoples once again</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">in a kingdom that will never end."</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">So through labors Camelot was wrought</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">though its establishment was dearly bought.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">And today naught but a legend told</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">and a hope in memory for men to hold.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">###3. Poetry from Abbie Taylor</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center">THE
APPLE</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In a 1960’s school for the blind classroom,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">my sadistic fifth grade teacher </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">has the idea that I should try unfamiliar
food,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">makes me stay after others leave for gym
class </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">until I finish the apple. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I hate gym class, </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">but as I sit at my desk, take little bites of
bitter apple, </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">and she sits at hers, watches me, </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I would give anything to be in that locker
room, </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">struggling with the snaps on my gym suit
while others laugh
and taunt.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Bit by bit, the apple disappears. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">With nothing to wash it down,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I ask if I can get a drink, am told no. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Finally, after the last bite, my stomach
revolts—</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">the regurgitated apple lands on the floor. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The teacher, after threatening me with
something new the
next day,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">sends me off in disgust.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I should have thrown up on her.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">###4. Poetry from Leonard Tuchyner</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Hi All,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Please read this intro carefully before
commenting.
Below are 4 poems. The first one is the master poem from which
the others are
taken almost line for line. You are only requested to read and
comment on
one of the entries below. Of course, you may do it for more than
one if you so
desire.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Leonard</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Line count: 37</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Autumn Winds </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Swift autumn winds blow this day,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">chase sun’s warming rays away.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Leaves shiver in growing cold.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">For leaves, time is growing old.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Stripped of life-rendering green,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">their elemental colors show.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Maples glow in yellow gold,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">hawthorn spear point deep dark red,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">and all around is basic brown.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Breeze and leaves fill my world with sound.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Millions of voices chant an urgent dirge.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Some sing in desperate lamentation,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">some in celestial celebration,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">others in excited expectation.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">These are the voices of our turning earth.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">They are the expressions of you and me.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Are they questions of death and rebirth?</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">On this bright brisk day, my mind is clear.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Airborne leaves chase away my fears.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Somewhere, I know a world is dying,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">while elsewhere a world’s reviving.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Trees are stripped of their summer gown,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">sentinels standing stark and naked,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">strong in their winter hibernation.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Spring breezes will bring new green leaves.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Yet, some will fall in the long cold night.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The winds that come and go --</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">of this old mystery,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">do they really truly know?</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Why do leaves whisper so,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">as if to keep their secrets? </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">line count: 12</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Autumn Winds </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Swift autumn winds blow this day --</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">chase sun’s warming rays away.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Leaves shiver in growing cold.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">For leaves, time is growing old.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Stripped of life-rendering green,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">their elemental colors show.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Maples glow in yellow gold,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">hawthorn spear point deep dark red,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">and all around is basic brown.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Breeze and leaves fill my world with sound.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Line count: 18</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Songs of Fall</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">On this bright brisk day, my mind is clear.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Airborne leaves chase away my fears.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Somewhere, I know a world is dying,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">while elsewhere a world’s reviving.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Millions of voices chant an urgent dirge.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Some sing in desperate lamentation,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">some in celestial celebration,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">others in excited expectation.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">These are the voices of our turning earth.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">They are the expressions of you and me.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Are they questions of death and rebirth?</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Line count: 4</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Do Falling Leaves Know?</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Of autumn’s ancient mystery,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">do the fallen truly know?</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Why do leaves whisper so,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">as if to keep their secrets? </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">###5. Poetry from Alice Massa</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="Normal0"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt"> </span></p>
<p class="Normal0" style="text-align:center" align="center"><b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt">Violets
beside
the Old Water Pump</span></b></p>
<p class="Normal0" style="text-align:center" align="center"><span
style="font-size:
12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt"> </span></p>
<p class="Normal0" style="text-align:center" align="center"><span
style="font-size:
12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt">poem by Alice Jane-Marie
Massa</span></p>
<p class="Normal0"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt"> </span></p>
<p class="Normal0"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt"> </span></p>
<p class="Normal0"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt">Once within
a much younger year,</span></p>
<p class="Normal0"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt">I had
the idea of finding wild violets in a wood</span></p>
<p class="Normal0"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt">and
transplanting them at home.</span></p>
<p class="Normal0"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt">Of
course, my dad and I went violet hunting,</span></p>
<p class="Normal0"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt">harvested
some of the purple flowers</span></p>
<p class="Normal0"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt">from
a wooded spot alongside Highway 163,</span></p>
<p class="Normal0"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt">on a
memorable Hoosier hill.</span></p>
<p class="Normal0"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt">Uncertain
of my plan,</span></p>
<p class="Normal0"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt">my
dad still was a stealth accomplice.</span></p>
<p class="Normal0"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt"> </span></p>
<p class="Normal0"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt">At
the inset of the southwest corner of our home,</span></p>
<p class="Normal0"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt">shaded
partly by the soft maple</span></p>
<p class="Normal0"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt">on
the other side</span></p>
<p class="Normal0"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt">of
the curving, white-rock driveway</span></p>
<p class="Normal0"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt">was
one of our three wells.</span></p>
<p class="Normal0"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt">A
concrete, rectangular frame </span></p>
<p class="Normal0"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt">with
a six-inch-deep cement lid</span></p>
<p class="Normal0"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt">formed
the base for the four-foot high,</span></p>
<p class="Normal0"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt">old
iron water pump</span></p>
<p class="Normal0"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt">that
my father painted the same bluish green</span></p>
<p class="Normal0"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt">that
he painted the foundation</span></p>
<p class="Normal0"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt">of
our "Heartland" house,</span></p>
<p class="Normal0"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt">built
in 1914.</span></p>
<p class="Normal0"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt"> </span></p>
<p class="Normal0"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt">Since
city water lines</span></p>
<p class="Normal0"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt">had
come into our rural area,</span></p>
<p class="Normal0"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt">we
did not have the same needs for the pump.</span></p>
<p class="Normal0"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt">When
city cousins, with eleven children,</span></p>
<p class="Normal0"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt">came
to visit from Kankakee, Illinois,</span></p>
<p class="Normal0"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt">the
wild eleven were </span></p>
<p class="Normal0"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt">fascinated
with our pump</span></p>
<p class="Normal0"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt">and
worked the handle more in one day</span></p>
<p class="Normal0"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt">than
it had been used in three months of a summer.</span></p>
<p class="Normal0"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt"> </span></p>
<p class="Normal0"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt">With
sidewalk to the east of the pump</span></p>
<p class="Normal0"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt">and
unsodded grass</span></p>
<p class="Normal0"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt">around
the other sides,</span></p>
<p class="Normal0"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt">the
knoll was the perfect spot</span></p>
<p class="Normal0"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt">for
my transplanting</span></p>
<p class="Normal0"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt">the
wild violets--</span></p>
<p class="Normal0"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt">violets
for remembrance.</span></p>
<p class="Normal0"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt"> </span></p>
<p class="Normal0"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt">Borrowed
from an Indiana wood,</span></p>
<p class="Normal0"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt">these
violets flourished</span></p>
<p class="Normal0"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt">for
many years</span></p>
<p class="Normal0"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt">to
the north of the old pump</span></p>
<p class="Normal0"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt">and
below one of my bedroom windows.</span></p>
<p class="Normal0"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt"> </span></p>
<p class="Normal0"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt">Now,
on my front porch</span></p>
<p class="Normal0"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt">and
behind my townhouse,</span></p>
<p class="Normal0"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt">I
tend a summer garden</span></p>
<p class="Normal0"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt">of
sixteen containers;</span></p>
<p class="Normal0"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt">among
these are </span></p>
<p class="Normal0"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt">three
containers of rosemary</span></p>
<p class="Normal0"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt">because
rosemary, too,</span></p>
<p class="Normal0"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt">is
for remembrance.</span></p>
<p class="Normal0"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt"> </span></p>
<p class="Normal0"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt"> </span></p>
<p class="Normal0"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt">POST-SCRIPT:<span
style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Do you wonder what
brought to my mind this
patch of violets?<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>A
few weeks ago, my
friend and former colleague Sue (who is also a "master
gardener" and
a consistent supporter of my blog) sent me a card on the front
of which was a
watercolor painting of forget-me-nots (the state flower of
Alaska).<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>These
forget-me-nots prompted me to think of
the violets detailed in this poem.<span
style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Thank
you, Sue, because I had not thought of this remembrance of
violets for many years.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Now,
I have added another piece to the
recollection puzzle of my "home in the Heartland"--in
Blanford,
Indiana.</span></p>
<p class="Normal0"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt"> </span></p>
<p class="Normal0"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt"><span
style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>The unusual
bluish gray-green color
of paint was my dad's creation by mixing together all of his
leftover
paint.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Fortunately,
his mixture was a
sufficient amount for the entire foundation and the pump.<span
style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>I always liked this color
which my dad
created.</span></p>
<p class="Normal0"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt"> </span></p>
<p class="Normal0"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt"><span
style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Besides the
three rosemary plants,
this summer, my container garden includes two Italian basil
plants, one purple
sage, one spearmint plant, two lavender (herb) bushes, two
white geraniums,
three pink geraniums, and two lavender geraniums.<span
style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>I greatly enjoy tending
and giving
"tours" of my container garden.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>Of course, Willow, my fourth guide dog, is my gentle
and wonderful
assistant.</span></p>
<p class="Normal0"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt"> </span></p>
<p class="Normal0"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt"><span
style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Finally, I, a
resident of Wisconsin
for twenty-seven years, will share with you the coincidence
that the state
flower of Wisconsin is the wood violet.</span></p>
<p class="Normal0"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt"> </span></p>
<p class="Normal0"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt">God
bless your home and heart this summer!</span></p>
<p class="Normal0"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span
style="font-size:
12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt">Alice and Leader Dog
Willow</span></i><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt"> (who has
never yet set paw
in my beloved Indiana)</span></p>
<p class="Normal0"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt"> </span></p>
<p class="Normal0"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt">August
15, 2018, Wednesday</span></p>
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