[stylist] Fwd: Hey! A non-rhyming poem from me!

[Barbara HAMMEL]

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> From: "Barbara Hammel" <poetlori8 at msn.com>
> Date: July 10, 2014 at 10:31:42 PM CDT
> To: "Barbara Hammel" <poetlori8 at msn.com>
> Subject: Re: Hey!  A non-rhyming poem from me!
> 
> Once again an oops.  /reams is supposed to be streams.  I missed an st-sign when hand translating it.
> Barbara
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> Writing free verse is like playing tennis with the net down.--Robert Frost
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> From: Barbara Hammel
> Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2014 10:28 PM
> To: Barbara Hammel
> Subject: Re: Hey! A non-rhyming poem from me!
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> Oops!  I got so excited that I forgot to add it and attach it.
> Barbara
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>   MAJESTY
> By Barbara Hammel
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> You must be Atlas reincarnate.
> You're old -- your hair and beard are white.
> You stand there holding up the sky,
> The weight of it has worn your shoulders bare,
> Bits of its azure brightness flake off
> And cascade in /reams and falls over your body,
> Nurturing your robe of evergreen hue.
> Sometimes your breath wraps around your head
> A veil of privacy for a while
> Hiding your eyes from the man-made things
> Where your feet are firmly planted.
> Some day you, too, will tire of the burden.
> You'll shrug, and the shift of weight
> Will force your life-blood to pour
> In torrents of flowing heat and fire.
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> Writing free verse is like playing tennis with the net down.--Robert Frost
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> From: Barbara Hammel
> Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2014 10:21 PM
> To: stylist at nfbnet.org
> Subject: Hey! A non-rhyming poem from me!
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> I know, I know, it’s so hard to believe, but I tried my hand yet again at free verse.  See what you think.
> Barbara
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> Writing free verse is like playing tennis with the net down.--Robert Frost
Okay let's try this again. Seems that when I tried replying and adding it in it only sent it to me.