[Stylist] A sample of my poetry

[Shane Facer]

Barbara, that's so neat and thank you for your response! Let me know if you
find any interesting new ideas. I will do the same! Have a good day all of
you on the list!

On Wed, Sep 2, 2020, 12:10 PM Barbara HAMMEL via Stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

>
> Shane! You pretty much explained exactly how I write in the format I
> usually write.
> I'm Barbara, one of the members of the division. My main writing is
> poetry. I'm a published book wannabe. I've had a few poems published. I,
> too, am trying to branch out into other forms beside the quatrain that
> rhymes lines 2 and 4 and has around 7 or 8 syllables per line.
> Welcome to all of you new members!
> Barbara Hammel
>
> On Sep 1, 2020, at 20:49, Shane Facer via Stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> wrote:
>
> 
>
> Here is a small sample of what I write. I love writing poems to bless
> others, be it birthdays, anniversaries, and any other engagements. I also
> write faith poetry as the spirit gives to me.
>
>
>
> I recently began looking at different facets of poetry such as different
> formats other than the one I steadily use. It is very enlightening and
> inspiring to write words and rhymes using them to bless others excites me.
> It also gives me something to do. I would one day love to publish some of
> my poetry in a book or in others’ publications. I would even love to work
> for a card company making poems for birthday and Christmas holidays.
> Looking forward to interacting with this group and learning new ideas and
> sharing some of my own. Here is the poem. Thanks:
>
>
>
> ABOUT MY POEMS-
>
>
>
> MY POETRY IS FOR ALL, TO PASS ON AND ENJOY.
>
> I DO NOT TAKE IT LIGHTLY; IT’S A TOOL NOT A TOY.
>
> I APPLY MY UNDERSTANDING OF ALL I SEE AROUND;
>
> OF COURSE, IT IS THE WORD OF GOD THAT KEEPS MY MIND SO SOUND.
>
> THE LORD HAS GIVEN TO ME, THE WONDERFUL GIFT OF RHYME;
>
> I USE IT TO BLESS OTHERS DURING MORE THAN MY SPARE TIME.
>
> SEE, I PUT ASIDE SOME TIME EACH AND EVERY DAY,
>
> TO LOOK INTO GREAT WAYS TO SAY THE WORDS I SAY.
>
> AND AS HARD AS IT IS TO KEEP TRACK OF OTHER’S SPECIAL DATES,
>
> I USUALLY FIND A WAY ON TIME, BUT OFTEN I AM LATE.
>
> YOU SEE, MORE THAN USUAL, I’M AWAKENED IN THE NIGHT-
>
> THE SPIRIT GIVES ME A VERSE OR SCRIPTURE, THAT IS OFTEN JUST SO RIGHT.
>
> SO FOR THAT I KEEP A NOTEBOOK, RIGHT BESIDE MY BED:
>
> TO WRITE THE WORDS ON PAPER, BEFORE THEY LEAVE MY HEAD!
>
> AND I BEGIN TO WRITE, EACH VERSE UPON SOME PAPER,
>
> AND GO WITH THE FLOW, BUT THE SPIRIT, DOES NOT ALLOW ME TO TAPER.
>
> BUT RATHER GIVES ME INSIGHT, EXPLODING WITH CHOICES OF WORDS.
>
> I OFTEN COME UP WITH MY OWN IDEAS, BUT THOSE ARE FOR HE BIRDS!
>
> I LISTEN TO THE SPIRIT AND OFTEN AS ODD AS IT SOUNDS,
>
> BUT I CONTINUE TO WRITE MORE WORDS AND HE BRINGS THINGS AROUND.
>
> OFTEN THE POEMS ARE A PAGE, OR MAYBE A LITTLE LONGER;
>
> MANY TIMES I GET AN EPIPHANY, AND GET ONE SO MUCH STRONGER.
>
> LIKE ONE TIME I WROTE ONE FOR JENNIE. I CALLED IT MY MASTERPIECE;
>
> I BEGAN LIFTING HER UP, AND THE RHYMES, THEY NEVER DID CEASE.
>
> ALSO OFTEN I’LL HEAR A WORD AND MY MIND WILL GET EXCITED;
>
> FOR IT HAS AN IDEA THAT RHYMES WITH IT, AND IN VERSE CAN BE UNITED.
>
> SO I QUICKLY WRITE IT DOWN, AND NO COINCIDENCE, GUESS WHAT?
>
> I USE IT TO FINISH A POEM WHERE I HAD GOTTEN IN A RUT.
>
> SO JUST LIKE IN LIFE, IF YOU LISTEN, TO WHAT THE SPIRIT TELLS YOU TO DO,
>
> MANY THINGS COME TO PASS, AND THE BLESSINGS ARE MORE THAN A FEW.
>
> BY THE WAY, YOU TWO, I THANK YOU
>
> FOR GIVING ME INSPIRATION TO WRITE,
>
> POEMS LIKE THIS ONE THAT ARE:
>
> AWESOME AND OUT OF SIGHT!
>
>
>
> THANK YOU FOR YOUR ENCOURAGEMENT,
>
>                                GOD BLESS YOU!
>
>
>
>                                                          -SHANE FACER
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