[stylist] gratitude assignment (a poem)

[Eve Sanchez]

Barbara, I like the rhythm of this. The way it starts out and ends with the
2 and 3 beat cadence as if relaxed, but is filled with a more exciting body
symbolized by the longer sentences full of many syllables. Okay, sounds
weird the way I describe it, but I like it. Makes it fun. Diolch, Eve

On Sun, Nov 11, 2012 at 7:55 PM, Barbara Hammel <poetlori8 at msn.com> wrote:

> I have also attached a copy since format will probably be lost.
> Funny how this divine coincidence of not only Thanksgiving falling this
> month and the storms which prompted Chris’s topic but also our Sunday
> School class is doing a book on changing your attitude to one of
> thankfulness.
> So here goes:
>
>
>     GRATITUDE
>
>  By Barbara Hammel
>
>
>
> GRATITUDE
>
> IS the
>
> Attitude
>
> That sets the
>
> Altitude
>
> Of living,
>
> It turns a heart that's hurt when getting
>
> To one that loves and one that's giving.
>
>
>
> You fly so low because you feel so low
>
> In the game of blaming others,
>
> You're always finding fault in things
>
> And desiring what's another's.
>
>
>
> You criticize at every turn,
>
> You think that you are always right,
>
> You're in self-protection mode
>
> Always looking for a fight.
>
>
>
> You gossip to your closest friends,
>
> You complain about the thoughtlessness,
>
> You whine about the injustice,
>
> You strike out in feigned helplessness.
>
>
>
> And yet there's much that you could do,
>
> If you'd just have some gratitude,
>
> And then your altitude for living,
>
> Would rise, and thus your attitude.
>
>
>
> You've got to be willing to reach out,
>
> Past whatever hurts you have known,
>
> To be a part of the solution
>
> In the problems others own.
>
>
>
> You've got to find the good in life,
>
> In everything that comes your way,
>
> Even times when there seems no hope
>
> You must find something good to say.
>
>
>
> I know that always being like that
>
> Seems such a sappy thing to do
>
> And being around these people,
>
> You want to choke them till they turn blue.
>
>
>
> But these folks are on a higher flight
>
> So their hearts are set on giving.
>
> Gratitude
>
> Is the
>
> Attitude
>
> that sets the
>
> Altitude
>
> For living.
>
>
>
> Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance. -- Carl Sandburg
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