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

[Barbara HAMMEL]

Thank you for the compliment.

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jul 12, 2014, at 12:15 PM, "myrnaspoetry" <myrnaspoetry at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> I agree with  Chris. Great images and the analogy to Atlas was brilliant!  
> Myrna
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> 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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