[stylist] sharing a poem with triolet stanzas

[Barbara HAMMEL]

What was the clue? How did you figure it out? Maybe everyone else who reads it will too, but curious.
Barbara

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> On Feb 15, 2015, at 16:42, "myrnaspoetry at yahoo.com" <myrnaspoetry at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> This was great Barbara and I knew it was Reagan about four lines in.  Wonderful writing. 
> Myrna
> 
> 
> 
>> On Feb 15, 2015, at 2:58 PM, Barbara Hammel via stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Funny that Shawn should start us on this thread.  Just last week I sat down and wrote this.
>> 
>> 
>> HIS WORDS
>> By Barbara Hammel
>> 
>> I am so thankful that W H O
>> Obtained the permission to air
>> His words, neither halting nor slow.
>> I am so thankful that W H O
>> Has given me this chance to know
>> Depth of knowledge, width of flare.
>> I am so thankful that W H O
>> Obtained the permission to air.
>> 
>> I have no memory of exact words spoken
>> Yet his voice recalls my teens
>> Before my heart was ever broken.
>> I have no memory of exact words spoken
>> Yet those snatches are a childhood token,
>> That break my heart with innocence scenes.
>> I have no memory of exact words spoken
>> Yet his voice recalls my teens.
>> 
>> So many words that still ring true today,
>> And unlearned lessons taught.
>> There was wisdom beyond the sets of L.A.
>> So many words that still ring true today,
>> And his legacy now, so many betray.
>> In politics' snare we are caught.
>> So many words that still ring true today,
>> And unlearned lessons taught.
>> 
>> Think what you may when I mention his name,
>> But he speaks very well in these bits.
>> I know, in the past, what so many claim,
>> Think what you may when I mention his name,
>> When the Hawkeyes were preempted I thought the same.
>> I have since then learned he has many wits.
>> Think what you may when I mention his name,
>> But he speaks very well in these bits.
>> 
>> It may be nostalgia for times gone by
>> Yet I believe the things he said.
>> You and I may not see eye to eye,
>> It may be nostalgia for times gone by,
>> And yet, for the times as they are, I sigh.
>> Are Reagan's ideals really dead?
>> It may be nostalgia for times gone by
>> Yet I believe the things he said.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Writing free verse is like playing tennis with the net down.--Robert Frost
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