<div style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:black;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4641123107msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">I love<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></font><font size="3">the message in this piece. Everything in this universe is a work in
process. Your emotional reaction to this literary expert is interesteing. <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4641123107msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></span></o:p></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4641123107msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">On the one hand, you give the person
credit where credit is due.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4641123107msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></span></o:p></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4641123107msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">On the other hand, there may be criticism
for him or her for stating the obvious.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4641123107msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">The assumption<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></font><font size="3">she makes is that poems reach a static point
when</font><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><font size="3"> </font></span><font size="3">they become dead. <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4641123107msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></span></o:p></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4641123107msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Your poem is quite clear and strong in
driving that home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4641123107msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></span></o:p></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4641123107msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">The speaker may be famous, but why doesn’t
she know about a primary quality of poetry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4641123107msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></span></o:p></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4641123107msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">You take umbridge<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></font><font size="3">with her for implying that you, the writer,
might assume that your poem might have reached the state of entombment.</font><font size="3"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4641123107msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></span></o:p></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4641123107msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><font face="Times New Roman"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3">The poem is rellentless<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></font><font size="3">in its</font><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><font size="3">
</font></span><font size="3">sardonic humor.</font></span></u></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p align="center" class="yiv4641123107msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in; text-align: center;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">To the Poem, Lying in State at the Rhyming
Rotunda</span></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p align="center" class="yiv4641123107msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in; text-align: center;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"> </span></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p align="center" class="yiv4641123107msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in; text-align: center;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">by Alice Jane-Marie Massa</span></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4641123107msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"> </span></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4641123107msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"> </span></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4641123107msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">About
a delicate, innocent, little poem of mine,</span></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4641123107msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">someone
quite creatively knowledgeable</span></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4641123107msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">and
widely and wildly well-published</span></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4641123107msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">said
in passing at her presentation:</span></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4641123107msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">"I
like her poem, by the way;</span></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4641123107msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">but
I don't know if it is finished."</span></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4641123107msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"> </span></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4641123107msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">"Finished."
Finished?</span></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4641123107msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Is
that poem lying in state in the Rhyming Rotunda?</span></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4641123107msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Is
the poem draped in the flag</span></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4641123107msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">of
the Pickled Poets' Society?</span></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4641123107msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Are
there Grammar Guards standing watch?</span></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4641123107msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Are
there Punctuation Patrols ready to present the Colors?</span></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4641123107msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">No?
No. No!</span></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4641123107msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Then,
I assure you the poem is not finished.</span></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4641123107msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">It
is just at a stage in its poetic life</span></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4641123107msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">when
it can appear on a poetic platform.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4641123107msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">I love this line. <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4641123107msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></span></o:p></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4641123107msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><font face="Times New Roman"><b><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3">It defines this stage of a poem so well<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></font><font size="3">It makes a clear distinction between the status of finished and coming
out.</font></span></u></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4641123107msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"> </span></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4641123107msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Dear
Little Poem of mine,</span></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4641123107msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">At
any time, each of your little words is not safe;</span></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4641123107msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">some
will be unceremoniously plucked away from you.</span></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4641123107msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Some
of your longer lines</span></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4641123107msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">may
be limited or lifted right off your page.</span></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4641123107msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Some
of your seemingly once vivacious verses</span></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4641123107msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">may
fall victim to the poet's carving knife.</span></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4641123107msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Some
of your stanzas may not stand the temporary test of time.</span></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4641123107msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Even
your precious title may be revised</span></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4641123107msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">when
re-read with later eyes.</span></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4641123107msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Your
sweet, but weak little comma</span></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4641123107msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">may
soon be replaced with that stronger semicolon.</span></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4641123107msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Watch
out! That exclamation point</span></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4641123107msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">of
which you are so fond</span></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4641123107msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">may
promptly be deleted!<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4641123107msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">This stanza is great. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4641123107msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></span></o:p></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4641123107msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">In addition to being a useful list of some of the ways a poem can be
changed and with a variety of reasons, <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4641123107msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></span></o:p></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4641123107msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">it is a warning to everyone of us. <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4641123107msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Either willingly or unwillingly, we may change at any moment.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4641123107msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><font size="3"> </font></span><font size="3">The forces of the worold can be
seemingly capricious, <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4641123107msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></span></o:p></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4641123107msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><font face="Times New Roman"><b><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3">and we never know when we are going to be struk by an epiphaney<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></font><font size="3">that necessitates a change.</font></span></u></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4641123107msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"> </span></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4641123107msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Dear
Critic, I assure you,</span></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4641123107msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">the
poem will never be completed!</span></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4641123107msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">As
long as you now understand, I will not stress:</span></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4641123107msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Poetry
is now and forever more a work-in-progress.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4641123107msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><font face="Times New Roman"><b><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3">Just <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></font><font size="3">like everything else alive.
Even rocks are in transmission .</font></span></u></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4641123107msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"> </span></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p align="center" class="yiv4641123107msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in; text-align: center;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">* * *</span></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4641123107msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">(end
of poetry submission)<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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