[stylist] Poem: Rabble

Tue Feb 7 23:54:34 UTC 2012

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> Thanks.  It came through.
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> My name's Vejas, not Vegas, with a J instead of a G.
> Vejas
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> From: "Jacqueline Williams" <jackieleepoet at cox.net
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> Date sent: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 20:39:42 -0700
> Subject: Re: [stylist] Poem: Rabble
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> Mary Jo,
> I get my poem a day on poets.org.  It did not go through to Vegas.  I am
> trying a copy and paste to you.  The poem today is by Robert Bly, "What
> Things Want."
> How do you forward a website page?
> If your site is a different one, I would appreciate having you send it.
> Thanks very much for helping to get this to the list.
> Jackie
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> February 6, 2012
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> Today's poem is copyright C 2012 by Robert Bly.  Used with permission of 
> the
> author.
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> Advice From the Geese
> Poem for Andrew Marvell
> The Greek Ships
> The Sympathies of the Long Married
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> What Things Want
> by Robert Bly
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> You have to let things
> Occupy their own space.
> This room is small,
> But the green settee
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> Likes to be here.
> The big marsh reeds,
> Crowding out the slough,
> Find the world good.
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> You have to let things
> Be as they are.
> Who knows which of us
> Deserves the world more?
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> From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Mary-Jo Lord
> Sent: Monday, February 06, 2012 5:31 PM
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> Subject: Re: [stylist] Poem: Rabble
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> Hi Jackie,
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> Which poem a day do you get?  I can forward the one that I subscribe to in
> case they are different.
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> Mary-Jo
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> From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Jacqueline Williams
> Sent: Monday, February 06, 2012 6:33 PM
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> Bill,
> Cute quatrain.
> I got Poets and Writers for years when I could see.  Now I get it on the 
> web,
> but it does not have all the articles, but news of all of there services,
> contest deadlines, and much more.  I also get "Poem a day, and keep a 
> folder
> of all those I think worthy.
> I tend to not like poetry that is non-accessible, which many MFA's write.
> Some are very accessible, but not the majority.
> I think it is a club, which once you have that credential, there are 
> certain
> recognizable aspects to your poetry that qualify you to get teaching
> positions and win awards, which serves to strengthen the market for MFA's.
> It is very expensive to go this route.
> After reading the poem-a-day, I always open the author link and hear the
> background.  Most have MFA's and many of the old traditional poets do not.
> Happy for your interest in poetry.
> Jackie
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> From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Bill Outman
> Sent: Monday, February 06, 2012 2:37 PM
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> Subject: [stylist] Poem: Rabble
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> Good day again.
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> Following my discovery of the Poets & Writers mag I was inspired to write 
> a
> short verse.
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> I was reading an article on debut poets and noticed most of these folks 
> have
> an M.  F.  A.  degree, which made me feel a bit out of my league.  So 
> here's a
> short ode to those of us who don't have all the formal training but still
> find creative inspiration.
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> I am of the rabble.
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> My words may sound like babble.
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> Sometimes they have the spirit of a rebel,
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> And stir the waters as if a tossed pebble.
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> Bill Outman
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