[stylist] Breathe sestina

[Eve Sanchez]

Oh, and sorry. I do not have word. Getting it next week though and I am so
excited to finally be able to write and read my work. Presently I have Open
Office and cannot read with speech. Very frustrating. Check out the cut and
paste though. Should be fine. Namaste, Eve

On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 1:48 PM, Ashley Bramlett
<bookwormahb at earthlink.net>wrote:

> Eve,
> Your file attachment came through jumbled. Can you resend as a word file?
> I read the poem, but want to see the stanzas of it which will show up in a
> file.
> Thought I'd read it again because Jackie commented on it yesterday.
> Are sestinas written in a certain rhythm? Maybe iambetic pentameter?
>
> Ashley
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Eve Sanchez
> Sent: Monday, April 16, 2012 1:41 PM
>
> To: Writer's Division Mailing List
> Subject: [stylist] Breathe sestina
>
>  Hi all, My wonderful friend and mentor has taught me how to write
> sestinas.
> I just finished my second attempt (the first is not being shared, sorry),
> but I thought I would share this one with you all. I like the description I
> was given of how they are layers, but because of the nature of this the
> layers have all fused. That is also my perception of what happens during
> meditation. Enjoy and Namaste, Eve
>
>
>
> Breathe
>
>
> With the world I am one.
>
> My skin tingles with the touch of the wind.
>
> I am comforted by the suns warmth.
>
> The rustle of the grass is a beautiful silence.
>
> Of Man, I hear no sound.
>
> I am one at peace.
>
>
> With the world I am at peace.
>
> My existence is but one
>
> sigh of a great sound
>
> lost in the eternal wind.
>
> My inner warmth
>
> is lost in silence.
>
>
> The moving leaves are a beautiful silence.
>
> It is the music of my peace.
>
> Through closed lids I see the suns warmth.
>
> With time I am one,
>
> But time travels with the wind.
>
> Of Mans world, there is no sound.
>
>
> Mans persistent intruders are but white sound
>
> as backdrop to natures beautiful silence.
>
> All intrusion is first carried away on the wind
>
> Before it could be a disturbance to my peace
>
> Blessed rain that has passed, helps Earth and sun become one
>
> so that I may smell the warmth.
>
>
> Scents of nutmeg, honey, and Earth bring warmth
>
> to my senses as opening blossoms create a great sound.
>
> With the lotus I am one
>
> reveling in a beautiful silence.
>
> Bees and birds are fused with my peace
>
> as their music becomes part of the wind.
>
>
> As if exposed muscles are massaged by the wind
>
> All senses awake with warmth.
>
> Body, mind, and soul are at peace.
>
> An insect walks a stem creating a great sound
>
> As a distant silence
>
> Comes from grasshoppers jumping as one.
>
>
> The Earth has become one with the wind
>
> As the warmth is carried in silence
>
> To become pure sound for my peace.
>
>
>
>
>
>
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