[stylist] Poem - "Regret" - Second Draft

[William L Houts]

HI Shawn,

I've really got tostart using Spellcheck.



--Bill





On 6/17/2014 11:21 AM, Jacobson, Shawn D wrote:
> I like that poem, very evocative wording and one of your more accessible pieces.
>
> Watch that you have spaces between your words; I saw a couple of them run together.
>
> Shawn
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of William L Houts via stylist
> Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2014 7:05 PM
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> Subject: [stylist] Poem - "Regret" - Second Draft
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>
> HI Gang,
>
> Here's a poem I wrote just today.  This one's mostly a non-rhymer, and doesn't depend much upon the more obviously literary devices for its effects.  It's in its second draft, as the first one, while similar, was a little fuzzy in certain ways;  this one pretty much gets where I wanted to go.
>
> --Bill
>
>
> ---
>
> You're at a party, many guests.
>
> You've chatted a while, traded jokes
>
> and now you've found a chair,
>
> one of those great spongey thrones,
>
> in which to nosh:pickles, chips.
>
> Theparty noise rises, falls:
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> an even, agreeable buzz.
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> You listen, chew, abide.
>
> Then, like sudden summer rain
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> a boy bursts from the gathered talkers
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> and races to greet you
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> with dark shining eyes,
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> like those of some small summer jay,
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> borne on breezes
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> you know again now,
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> as if the earth itself
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> burst into joy
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> of wings by the thousands.
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> With Lustrous black hair
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> and laughing
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> like Superman's son
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> he bounds away,
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> and returnslike summer
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> or some prince of elves,
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> only more handsome.
>
> Then he's gone,
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> called away by his mother
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> perhaps to buy shoes,
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> or to visit the dentist,
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> or to give his small graces
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> to another party:
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> laughing, laughing.
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> And for years ever after,
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> you will ask yourself:
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> why didn't I ruffle his hair?
>
>
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