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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-ZW link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Nice work, Annie.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>I really like the Villanelle form very much. Lynda<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><span lang=EN-US>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US> Stylist <stylist-bounces@nfbnet.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Ann Chiappetta via Stylist<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, December 22, 2019 4:12 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'Writers' Division Mailing List' <stylist@nfbnet.org><br><b>Cc:</b> anniecms64@gmail.com<br><b>Subject:</b> [Stylist] new poem<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>Hi all,his was written while trying to get through a bout of insomnia. It is written in my favorite fixed rhyme forms, a villanelle. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>Open Window<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>Echoes travel on icy wings <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>burgeoning sounds in the distance <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>Heard through the open window<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>Dissonant hum of tires sing <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>Low temperatures offer little resistance<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>As Echoes travel on icy wings <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>engines rumble, growl and ring<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>welcomeing insomnia’s presence<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>heard through the open window<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>knowing not what tomorrow will bring<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>sleep comes with reluctance<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>as echoes travel on icy wings<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>the gap invites noise-gatherings <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>to close it is no assurance<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>that the gesture will be relaxing<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>and mute the Echoes traveling on icy wings <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>Heard through the open window<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>2019<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>Author<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>` Making meaningful connections with others through writing `<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US><a href="http://www.annchiappetta.com/">www.annchiappetta.com</a> or <a href="http://www.dldbooks.com/annchiappetta/">www.dldbooks.com/annchiappetta/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>Blog: <a href="http://www.thought-wheel.com/">www.thought-wheel.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>Facebook Annie Chiappetta<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>