<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><head><meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:#0563C1;
text-decoration:underline;}
span.EmailStyle19
{mso-style-type:personal-reply;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:windowtext;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-size:10.0pt;}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</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'>Some thoughts on your poem, Ann.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>I hope things are going along with your ACROSTIC POEM planning.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Meanwhile, I’ll comment on this poem.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Immediately you give the reader a visual experience with the opening word – “GREEN,”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Next the tactile refences begin:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Sensation of touch – “curves and bumps.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Naming of a variety of pickles gives more imagistic details as you move through the writing.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal> <span lang=EN-US>You physical move into the body further with references to taste, smell, and how things feel, and how the brain perceives them - <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> A declaration of “Perfection.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>This final word takes us rom perception to of an object, to a thought or idea – conception.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Happy writing – and please stay safe and go nowhere- I see that your area is a hot spot – for this disease that is sweeping over the entire world.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>I am using this solitary time to do some things I have not had time to do in the past - Lynda<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> </span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><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> Friday, March 20, 2020 9:20 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'Writers' Division Mailing List' <stylist@nfbnet.org><br><b>Cc:</b> anniecms64@gmail.com<br><b>Subject:</b> [Stylist] pickle 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><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>Dill and Brine<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>By Ann 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>green <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>and curved, bumps<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>diminutive gherkin cornichons<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>curved Kirby’s<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>Aromas bewitch salivatory glands <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>Jarred in glass, sprigs<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>Of herbs and salt vinegar. Infused <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>Brined Tantalizing tartness<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>Wicked on the tongue<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>Olfactory humming with anticipation, the crunch<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>The layered satisfaction<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>Of <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>Perfection.<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> 2020<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><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>Ann Chiappetta, 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></div></body></html>