[stylist] Hey! a non-rhyming poem from me take 2!

[myrnaspoetry]

I agree with  Chris. Great images and the analogy to Atlas was brilliant!  
Myrna

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> On Jul 11, 2014, at 10:50 PM, Barbara Hammel via stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Okay, let’s see if I can alleviate the suspense about this non-rhyming poem I wrote and tried desperately to show but it kept getting eaten by the ether.
> Barbara
> 
> 
>  MAJESTY
> by Barbara Hammel
> 
> 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 streams 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.
> 
> 
> 
> Writing free verse is like playing tennis with the net down.--Robert Frost
> <939 Majesty.txt>
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