[stylist] something different

[Barbara Hammel]

It makes me think this poem was written in autumn--I don't know why.  I, 
too, live near a school and though I'm not close enough to hear their words, 
I do hear the din of their little voices yelling and screaming.  The 
skipping around of things you're doing reminds me of the days when it's nice 
enough to go out here.  I take my Pac Mate out to the swing set and enjoy 
the great outdoors while I peruse a book and then go to a file to write 
something--I might even play a game or two in there, too.
Barbara




Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance. -- Carl Sandburg
-----Original Message----- 
From: Chris Kuell
Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 12:54 PM
To: Stylist
Subject: [stylist] something different

Today is a beautiful day in Connecticut, sunny and about 60 degrees, so I 
decided to take my pac Mate outside and see what happened. This is the 
result.



Sitting Under a Sycamore Tree



By Chris Kuell



I'm sitting under a Sycamore tree

Off in the distance I hear children playing at recess

Run Jenny run

You're it

Ashes, ashes, we all fall down



I'm sitting under a Sycamore tree

Listening to the insects

Imagining the praying mantis sawing away at the wasp in its clutches

The wasp licking the honey off the tongue

of the bee it just killed



I'm sitting under a Sycamore tree

Remembering my mother-in-law

So sick at the end she couldn't speak

My wife's mournful sobs

Glad that I'm blind



I'm sitting under a Sycamore tree

Listening to a book

'Pilgrim at Tinker Creek'

Sun on my face

Living in the present

I can't help but smile



I'm sitting under a Sycamore tree

Trying to find the words

For a letter to a friend whose husband recently died

Dear Janet

Procrastinating



I'm sitting under a Sycamore tree

Dancing with the muse

Glad to be alive



23 Feb 2012






_______________________________________________
Writers Division web site:
http://www.nfb-writers-division.net <http://www.nfb-writers-division.org/>

stylist mailing list
stylist at nfbnet.org
http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/stylist_nfbnet.org
To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for 
stylist:
http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/stylist_nfbnet.org/poetlori8%40msn.com