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</font><p class="yiv7523577892msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p align="center" class="yiv7523577892msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Title of poem: <b>Sending Critique
via Parachute</b><o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p align="center" class="yiv7523577892msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p align="center" class="yiv7523577892msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">by Alice Jane-Marie Massa<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv7523577892msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv7523577892msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv7523577892msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Eating
a warm croissant<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv7523577892msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">with
huckleberry preserves<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv7523577892msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">and
listening to an old article<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv7523577892msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">from
THE WRITER magazine,<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv7523577892msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">I
finally decide how to do<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv7523577892msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">the
critique of your poem.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv7523577892msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Very
clever approach.</span></u><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="yiv7523577892msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">With
delicate pastry and practical poetry in mind,<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv7523577892msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">I
realize that an overpowering bow and piercing arrow<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv7523577892msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">cannot
be the means for sending to you<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv7523577892msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">my
critique of your piece.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv7523577892msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">You
don’t want to be too harsh. <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv7523577892msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">You
want to be suportive of the good parts, <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv7523577892msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">but
get your criticism across.</span></u><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="yiv7523577892msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">As
the gently sweet huckleberries<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv7523577892msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">stimulate
my senses,<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv7523577892msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">I
think of tying my critiques with pink satin bows<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv7523577892msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">onto
a frosted elm tree in your frozen yard.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv7523577892msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Oh,
no! Too public!?<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv7523577892msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">You </font><u><font size="3">don’t<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></font><font size="3">want to be too flamboyant about it.</font></u><o:p></o:p></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv7523577892msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <u><o:p></o:p></u></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv7523577892msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Sipping
my Downton Abbey herbal tea,<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv7523577892msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">I
ponder various other ways<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv7523577892msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">of
sharing with you<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv7523577892msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">not
only my suggestions for revision,<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv7523577892msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">but
also your strengths, flairs of creativity<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv7523577892msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">in
your poetic stanzas.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv7523577892msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv7523577892msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Although
I want to stand and applaud<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv7523577892msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">your
unrhymed effort,<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv7523577892msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">wish
to give you a standing ovation--<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv7523577892msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">my
task ahead must be more thoughtful,<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv7523577892msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">more
useful, more realistic.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv7523577892msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <u>These
are questions we all ask. <o:p></o:p></u></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv7523577892msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">How
to make the critique useful, <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv7523577892msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">without
devastating.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv7523577892msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Thus,
as a pillow of pastry <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv7523577892msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">falls
softly onto my holly-and-ivy plate,<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv7523577892msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">I
envision the answer before me:<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv7523577892msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">a
parachute!<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv7523577892msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv7523577892msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Yes!
Out and away from the power-driven plane,<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv7523577892msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">the
lavender parachute will deploy.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv7523577892msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Gently,
ever so gently,<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv7523577892msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">my
recommendations will ride slowly through the air,<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv7523577892msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">shared
with wise eagles<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv7523577892msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">and
the ever-diligent, harmless hummingbirds.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv7523577892msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Each
accolade will be<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv7523577892msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">touched
by a glistening star<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv7523577892msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">as
the positive points parachute to Earth.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv7523577892msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Yes,
the parachute is a good idea. <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv7523577892msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">It
makes its point very gently.</span></u><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="yiv7523577892msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">A-ah,
the landing, the landing is so important.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv7523577892msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Despite
the beautiful grace<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv7523577892msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">of
the parachute's mid-air descent,<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv7523577892msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">the
landing--<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv7523577892msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">reuniting
with ground control--<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv7523577892msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">may
be rough, quite jolting.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv7523577892msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Even
when wearing the best of boots,<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv7523577892msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">even
when aiming well for the target,<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv7523577892msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">repeated
landings on hard terrain<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv7523577892msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">may
cause back problems.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv7523577892msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">The
continial assault on one’s ego <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv7523577892msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">can
be hard to bear.</span></u><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="yiv7523577892msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">How
to get the right combination. The landing is most important.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv7523577892msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">So,
I do fervently wish you<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv7523577892msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">a
good landing with your poem.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv7523577892msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">May
my critique facilitate<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv7523577892msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">your
poem's landing with a solid,<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv7523577892msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">but
not painful,<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv7523577892msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">copyright
and publication.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv7523577892msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <u>Very
clever <o:p></o:p></u></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv7523577892msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv7523577892msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv7523577892msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv7523577892msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></o:p></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv7523577892msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></o:p></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv7523577892msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></o:p></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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