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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for sharing. I’m rusty on braille (and don’t use it with an Android) but I appreciated most of the verses.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Stylist <stylist-bounces@nfbnet.org> <b>On Behalf Of
</b>Barbara HAMMEL via Stylist<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, November 24, 2020 2:54 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> stylist@nfbnet.org<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Barbara HAMMEL <poetlori8@msn.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Stylist] My liking Braille poem fit yesterday's "explanation" theme<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Yesterday's theme, in my November quest to write a poem a day, was an explanation poem. It was the perfect npportunity to complete the "What I Like About Braille" poem for NFB's Education week challenge that Shelley posted about last week.
Here's what I sent in. (A forewarning that it doesn't quite format correctly for you but it's supposed to end up in rhyming couples with double spaces between them.) <o:p></o:p></p>
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HERE's WHAT I LIKE ABOUT BRAILLE <br>
by Barbara Hammel <br>
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A through j is like k through t <br>
But the second ten add dot 3. <br>
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A through i plus a special sign <br>
Become the numbers one through nine. <br>
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Some terms and symbols may have changed <br>
But the same six dots get arranged <br>
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B will always be 1 and 2, <br>
<a href="x-apple-data-detectors://0">2-4-5-6</a> is w. <br>
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Letters are words like d for do, <br>
H for have, l for like, y for you. <br>
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Contractions like and are always and <br>
Android, quandary, backhand. <br>
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We use 1-4-6 in bush and shone <br>
But it's shall when it stands alone.<br>
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But some in words can only appear <br>
Like 3-4-5 in dare and fear. <br>
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Dot 5 before which becomes where, <br>
4-5-6 before the makes their. <br>
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No matter who writes, it can be read. <br>
In the dark, you can read in bed. <br>
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Braille is beautiful and who'd disagree <br>
For these six dots spell literacy. <br>
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