[stylist] Barbara's response to writing prompt

[Myrna Badgerow]

Oh my goodness! How I love this!  
Brought back some memories for sure lol
Great job, Barbara

Myrna


> On Mar 22, 2014, at 3:28 PM, "Barbara Hammel" <poetlori8 at msn.com> wrote:
> 
> I put it as an attachment, but here it is posted below, too.  O, and I saw mistakes so this version has the corrections and proper line breaks.  And it is single-spaced, if it turns into double when I send it.
> 
> Barbara
> 
> 
>    WHAT IS THAT?
>  By Barbara Hammel
> 
> This morning I awoke to the sound of a squeaking bed,
> Its very rhythmic pattern brought images to my head,
> Of college years, of wedded bliss, of soaps and hotel stays,
> I rubbed my eyes, the clock said four,  I laid there in a haze,
> Trying hard to remember why I even hear that sound.
> It yanked me from a dream of riding the merry-go-round.
> Squeak! Squeak! Squeak! Squeak! And then it comes to me,
> I've heard that sound quite frequently since he was almost three.
> When he is in his "happy place" he's rocking on his head.
> I try to close my eyes again and snuggle in my bed.
> 
> 
> Writing free verse is like playing tennis with the net down.--Robert Frost
> <What Is That.txt>
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