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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="text-decoration:none;"> </span></u></p><br><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:black;"><br><br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: Leonard Tuchyner <tuchyner5@aol.com><br>To: group3@bluegrasspals.com <group3@bluegrasspals.com><br>Sent: Tue, Aug 9, 2022 6:03 pm<br>Subject: Leonard's comments on Joan's work<br><br></div><div id="yiv8214764584"><div style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:black;">
<p style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:normal;" class="yiv8214764584MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;">This poem is done in the style of Poe I think. <span style=""> </span></span></u></b></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:normal;" class="yiv8214764584MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;">While on an outing she and her companions encounter a murdr of
crows.<span style=""> </span></span></u></b></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:normal;" class="yiv8214764584MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;">They are making quite a racket. </span></u></b></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:normal;" class="yiv8214764584MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;">It was as though they were speaking<span style=""> </span>in an an ancient, unknown tongue<span style=""> </span>with their mouths wide open<span style=""> </span></span></u></b></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:normal;" class="yiv8214764584MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;">and screaming at each other. </span></u></b></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:normal;" class="yiv8214764584MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;">It was like they were <span style=""> </span>squawking<span style="">
</span>an omen. </span></u></b></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:normal;" class="yiv8214764584MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;">And that she and her companions<span style="">
</span>were alone meant to hear it.<span style=""> </span></span></u></b></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:normal;" class="yiv8214764584MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;">The crows landed in a tree </span></u></b></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:normal;" class="yiv8214764584MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;">and their ravings seemed to be about a quarrel<span style=""> </span>they had with each other. </span></u></b></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:normal;" class="yiv8214764584MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;">But it was really quite a show.<span style="">
</span></span></u></b></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:normal;" class="yiv8214764584MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;">Their voices surpassed everything around and beyond them. </span></u></b></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:normal;" class="yiv8214764584MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;">You listened for a moment or two and then moved on to more
peaceful endeavors. </span></u></b></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:normal;" class="yiv8214764584MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;">I realy enjoyed this poem. </span></u></b></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:normal;" class="yiv8214764584MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;">In the end it was<span style=""> </span>full of
humor. </span></u></b></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:normal;" class="yiv8214764584MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;">I could identify with the scene.</span></u></b></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:normal;" class="yiv8214764584MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;"> </span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:normal;" class="yiv8214764584MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;"> </span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:normal;" class="yiv8214764584MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;">Omen</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;"></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;" class="yiv8214764584MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;">by Joan Myles</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;" class="yiv8214764584MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;"> </span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:normal;" class="yiv8214764584MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;">blue brightness of that afternoon</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;"></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:normal;" class="yiv8214764584MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;">compelled us out of doors to lark</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;"></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:normal;" class="yiv8214764584MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;">exploring every sense but soon</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;"></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:normal;" class="yiv8214764584MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;">we heard a voice more like a bark </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;"></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;" class="yiv8214764584MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;"> </span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;" class="yiv8214764584MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">ominous as a wizard’s spell</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;"></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;" class="yiv8214764584MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">the crows from one to next</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;"></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;" class="yiv8214764584MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">were opening wide their throats to tell</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;"></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;" class="yiv8214764584MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">some ancient unholy text</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;"></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;" class="yiv8214764584MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;"> </span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;" class="yiv8214764584MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">a secret or a warning they</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;"></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;" class="yiv8214764584MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">conveyed in bitter tone</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;"></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;" class="yiv8214764584MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">an angry and cantankerous fray</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;"></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;" class="yiv8214764584MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">revealed to us alone</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;"></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;" class="yiv8214764584MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;"> </span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;" class="yiv8214764584MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">but as we watched the squawking swarm</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;"></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;" class="yiv8214764584MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">fell upon a tree</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;"></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;" class="yiv8214764584MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">a cloud of furious alarm</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;"></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;" class="yiv8214764584MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">and irate jealousy</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;"></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;" class="yiv8214764584MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;"> </span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;" class="yiv8214764584MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">what’s this we held our breaths in awe</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;"></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;" class="yiv8214764584MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">what’s this we heard the screech</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;"></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;" class="yiv8214764584MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">the streaking hawk’s bewitching draw</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;"></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;" class="yiv8214764584MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">Oh would the murder reach</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;"></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;" class="yiv8214764584MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;"> </span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;" class="yiv8214764584MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">Their raucous chase surpass the sky</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;"></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;" class="yiv8214764584MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">as wondrous visions go</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;"></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;" class="yiv8214764584MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">and captivated passers by</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;"></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;" class="yiv8214764584MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">oh Such a violent show</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;"></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;" class="yiv8214764584MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;"> </span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;" class="yiv8214764584MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">we gawked a moment more or two</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;"></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;" class="yiv8214764584MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">but hawk and squawking over</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;"></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;" class="yiv8214764584MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">we did what all good wethers do</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;"></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;" class="yiv8214764584MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">moved on in search of clover</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;"></span></p>
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<p class="yiv8214764584MsoNormal">Leonard I. Tuchyner, Author</p>
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