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<DIV>Congratulations Sean.</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=md-sligo@nfbnet.org
href="mailto:md-sligo@nfbnet.org">Michelle Clark via MD-Sligo</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Friday, April 05, 2019 9:15 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=md-sligo@nfbnet.org
href="mailto:md-sligo@nfbnet.org">'Sligo Creek Chapter list, NFB of
Maryland'</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Cc:</B> <A title=mcikeyc@aol.com href="mailto:mcikeyc@aol.com">Michelle
Clark</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Md-sligo] FW: Magnets and Ladders</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B>From:</B> MD-Sligo [mailto:md-sligo-bounces@nfbnet.org]
<B>On Behalf Of </B>Jacobson, Shawn D via MD-Sligo<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, April
5, 2019 9:03 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Jacobson Cheryl (cheryl.jacobson@siemens.com)
<cheryl.jacobson@siemens.com>; Nan Ripley <nripley22@gmail.com>;
falloutwest (falloutwest@comcast.net) <falloutwest@comcast.net>; Jacobson,
Zebe <zjacobs@mdmercy.com>; srj1784@aol.com; Naomi Milliner
<naomiwm@verizon.net>; 'Adeline Wilcox'
<awilcox@iopener.net><BR><B>Cc:</B> Jacobson, Shawn D
<Shawn.D.Jacobson@hud.gov>; Schmehl, Richard L
<Richard.L.Schmehl@hud.gov>; Cruickshank, James S
<James.S.Cruickshank@hud.gov>; Warren, Derek M
<Derek.M.Warren@hud.gov>; Lavoy, Donald J <Donald.J.Lavoy@hud.gov>;
Sligo Creek Chapter list, NFB of Maryland (md-sligo@nfbnet.org)
<md-sligo@nfbnet.org>; Willis, Eric <Gregory.Willis@hud.gov>;
Mahmood, Tallat X <Tallat.X.Mahmood@hud.gov><BR><B>Subject:</B> [Md-sligo]
FW: Magnets and Ladders<o:p></o:p></P></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>It is nice to get this kind of news when you come into work
in the morning.<o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Note, I have copied the poem in question at the bottom of the
Email.<o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Shawn<o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B>From:</B> <A
href="mailto:magnetsandladders@comcast.net">magnetsandladders@comcast.net</A>
<<A
href="mailto:magnetsandladders@comcast.net">magnetsandladders@comcast.net</A>>
<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, April 04, 2019 8:46 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Jacobson, Shawn
D <<A
href="mailto:Shawn.D.Jacobson@hud.gov">Shawn.D.Jacobson@hud.gov</A>><BR><B>Subject:</B>
Magnets and Ladders<o:p></o:p></P></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Dear Shawn,<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p></o:p> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Congratulations! Your poem, "Tumbleweed" is the First Place
winner in the Magnets and Ladders Spring/Summer poetry contest. If you did not
include your address with your submission, please send it so that you can
receive your prize of $30.<o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Your poems, “Okie” and “The Furloughed Knight” will also be
published.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p></o:p> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Congratulations,<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p></o:p> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>The Magnets and Ladders team<o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><o:p></o:p> </P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Tumbleweed, poetry<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Borne upon the wind,<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>the flying bushes of the plains<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>sail across the road.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Heading out from Pueblo going east,<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>we leave the mountain’s grandeur in our wake,<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>and enter upon plains with flat expanse,<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>vast in reach, unbounded and so free.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>A wind arises from the howling north,<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>a sky of cloudless blue turns dusty brown.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>I hear the keening in the chilly air;<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>a storm is calling through the empty land.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>And then I see a sight unique with wonder.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>A drove of plants the size of steers arrives<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>sailing across the emptiness around us,<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>flying over unencumbered land.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>We flinch as these weeds cross the road ahead;<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>So sudden, collisions cannot be avoided.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>They slam the car with slapping thudding
sound,<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>breaking themselves on our metallic helm.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Through prairie towns our tumble weeded way<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>takes us in our eastward journey home:<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>La Junta, Lamar, Garden and Dodge cities,<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>and smaller towns swallowed by emptiness.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>In time we’ll leave this empty widespread
realm<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>and eastward find familiar fenced-in land<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>of cities reaching skyward in their might,<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>and bid nature around it mind her place.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>But memory of this forgotten space<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>will linger as we contemplate the sight<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>of dusty skies that tell of distant storms<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>and plants that sail through, empty prairie
skys.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Over unfenced land<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Flying bushes travel free<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>across memory.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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