[Stylist] April 9th poem

[Barbara HAMMEL]

Actually, Shawn, the image in my head at the end is autism. Specifically it's the image of little Jesse the year he had the hernias we didn't know about and probably also the Have. pylori we wouldn't find out about for another two years, topped by his allergy to gluten we hadn't considered yet. It was a HORRENDOUS six months of my life that I never, ever want back.  
Barbara Hammel

> On Apr 10, 2020, at 06:38, Jacobson, Shawn D via Stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Barbara
> 
> Thank you for sharing.  I like how each stanza brings you closer to the person who is screaming.  I think I understand the poem; it seems to be about misunderstood, ignored,artists who become frustrated at a world that doesn't care.
> 
> Keep it up.
> 
> Shawn
> 
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> Subject: [Stylist] April 9th poem
> 
> I am doing the 30 poems in 30 days challenge and thought I would share with you my today's poem. It was to be an ekphrastic, which means a poem that is inspired by a piece of art or a sculpture. Usually I write highly structured poems so this free verse poem is an oddity in my collection. And, I realize it could have a better name but I'm putting the theme word in all of the titles. 
> 
> THE EKPHRASTIC SCREAM
> by Barbara Hammel
> 
> When I first learned about you
> I thought you were a crazy man
> Standing alone
> Head thrown back
> Mouth wide open
> Arms thrown out
> I had no understanding of paint
> 
> Then one day I met you
> On a bigger piece of cardboard
> Sewed in different textures
> Standing alone
> Hands over your ears
> Mouth open wide
> The world is too much
> People are walking away
> I know you now
> 
> I have held you in my arms
> Rocked you
> Swung with you
> Heard you scream for endless hours
> An ear-piercing shriek
> Hands covering your ears
> People walked away
> The world is too much
> Yes, I know you
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Barbara Hammel
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