[stylist] Poem - "Reed College" - Final Draft

[Barbara HAMMEL]

I have a sister and brother and a niece and nephew who attended Iowa State but because I spent most of my growing up years closer to Iowa City I became a Hawkeye fan. Yeah, sports is NOT the thing to talk about. But when your team gets beat, there is always the contest in the next sport to look forward to.
Barbara

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> On Jul 14, 2015, at 12:26, Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter via stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> My husband's entire family who went to college, including extended family,
> attended the University of Iowa except Ross's brother, who attended Iowa
> State, and for those who don't understand the nuances of this, it's like two
> cats ready to rip into one another, LOL! Okay, maybe not quite that bad, but
> do not get talking sports between the Hawkeyes and Cyclones, LOL!
> 
> Bridgit
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> From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jacobson,
> Shawn D via stylist
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> Jackie
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> Sounds like a horrible experience.
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> BTW--when did you go to Iowa State?  I think you may have said in a
> different Email, but I have misplaced the memory.
> 
> Shawn
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jackie
> Williams via stylist
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> Cc: Jackie Williams
> Subject: Re: [stylist] Poem - "Reed College" - Final Draft
> 
> Bill,
> This brings back a painful time in my life. I first went to Iowa State
> College where my  father had gotten his Ph.D. in chemistry and was a revered
> teacher.
> I flunked chemistry with an I, meaning I had to take it over, and would get
> the grade I earned the second time. Not much better. This in a family where
> anything but an A was considered flunking!
> And so it goes when you follow other than your own passions.
> I liked the poem. Truly accessible.
> 
> Jackie Lee
> 
> Time is the school in which we learn.
> Time is the fire in which we burn.
> Delmore Schwartz     
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> -----Original Message-----
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> Houts via stylist
> Sent: Monday, July 13, 2015 1:13 PM
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> Cc: William L Houts
> Subject: [stylist] Poem - "Reed College" - Final Draft
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> 
> HI Poets,
> 
> Here's one I wrote some time ago, but which I haven't really shown to
> anybody.  I think it's a pretty friendly poem, but then I would, being its
> papa and all.
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> --Bill
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> Reed College
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> It's a school of global fame,
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> thronged with wits and prodigies.
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> a scholar's earth: I flunked,
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> though I clearly belonged.
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> There's a joke in that,
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> though it's taken thirty years to laugh.
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> I've come to awareness, call it,
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> by other paths.I've studied
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> magicians and witches, the wisdom
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> gain from walking backwards
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> through mirrors, and forwards
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> through minds also untroubled by schools,
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> by rules of mental engagement.
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> There's joy in that, and reason and rue,
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> like walking kneewise through desert,
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> sweltering sick
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> and finding fountains cold,
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> and gracious as mother.
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> It's surprising, sustaining and true:
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> I don't recommend it.
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> -- 
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> "Oh, Sophie!  Whyfore have you eated all de cheeldren?"
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