[stylist] Very brief cross-disability poem

[Robert Leslie Newman]

Elizabeth,  

I just read your short poem, "Shadow Words" and it made sense to me! I
especially liked the title and the --- what do you call it --- shadow words
gave me the mental concept of what you intended. 




Robert Leslie Newman
President NFB Writers' division 
Writers' Division Website-
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Personal Website- 
http://www.thoughtprovoker.info

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Subject: [stylist] Very brief cross-disability poem

Here's sharing a very brief poem with you. Some of my friends are deaf or
hearing impaired; others have cerebral palsey, and talking with these
friends can be very difficult, especially since I cannot reach their
nonverbal language. In addition to my visual disability, I've recently begun
developing another disability myself. I wrote this poem thinking of
communications and/or the lack thereof and wanted to share just for your
thought and enjoyment.


Elizabeth S.

***
Shadow words
By Elizabeth L. Sammons

Your shadow words dapple the stillness
Between your mind and my ears.
My brain reaches to catch them -
To chase their meaning thinking with you.
My own reply, syllabic,
Sings across the air to you-
However clear, my words
Cannot match your deliberation -
However light my gests,
They fail your introspection.




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