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From: Kevin Pirnie via Stylist <stylist@nfbnet.org><br>
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Subject: Re: [Stylist] poem<br>
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<div> Roses are red and violets are purple </div>
<div> Your love is like Maple Surple</div>
<div> We are all individual’s unique in every way </div>
<div> Be kind and love one another like brothers and sisters I pray </div>
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<div class="yiv8454308926gmail_attr" dir="ltr">On Mon, Aug 30, 2021 at 11:17 AM Chris Kuell via Stylist <<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:stylist@nfbnet.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:stylist@nfbnet.org">stylist@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></div>
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<div class="yiv8454308926MsoNormal">Hi Annie,<u></u><u></u></div>
<div class="yiv8454308926MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></div>
<div class="yiv8454308926MsoNormal">I don’t know if you wanted people to respond personally rather than to the group, but I’ve never been much for rules.<u></u><u></u></div>
<div class="yiv8454308926MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></div>
<div class="yiv8454308926MsoNormal">I like this poem—it evokes emotion and pain and sorrow. But to me, the last line falls flat. ’numb fingers of sky’ rhymes with the previous line, but it leaves me scratching my head rather than feeling satisfied. <u></u><u></u></div>
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<div class="yiv8454308926MsoNormal">Others, of course, might feel differently.<u></u><u></u></div>
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<div class="yiv8454308926MsoNormal">Thanks for sharing,</div>
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<div class="yiv8454308926MsoNormal">Chris<u></u><u></u></div>
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<div class="yiv8454308926MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Stylist <<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:stylist-bounces@nfbnet.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:stylist-bounces@nfbnet.org">stylist-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Ann Chiappetta via Stylist<br clear="none"><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, August 28, 2021 3:16 PM<br clear="none"><b>To:</b> 'Writers' Division Mailing List' <<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:stylist@nfbnet.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:stylist@nfbnet.org">stylist@nfbnet.org</a>><br clear="none"><b>Cc:</b> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:anniecms64@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:anniecms64@gmail.com">anniecms64@gmail.com</a><br clear="none"><b>Subject:</b> [Stylist] poem<u></u><u></u></div>
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<div class="yiv8454308926MsoNormal">To reply to me individually email <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:anniecms64@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:anniecms64@gmail.com">anniecms64@gmail.com</a><u></u><u></u></div>
<div class="yiv8454308926MsoNormal">Poverty of the Soul<u></u><u></u></div>
<div class="yiv8454308926MsoNormal">By Ann Chiappetta<u></u><u></u></div>
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<div class="yiv8454308926MsoNormal">Come, come to me<u></u><u></u></div>
<div class="yiv8454308926MsoNormal">Rake the soul with the shame of slavery<u></u><u></u></div>
<div class="yiv8454308926MsoNormal">Lend your arm of justice to those who weep<u></u><u></u></div>
<div class="yiv8454308926MsoNormal">Drag the scalpel of righteousness, blood welling, deep.<u></u><u></u></div>
<div class="yiv8454308926MsoNormal">Cry, cry for me<u></u><u></u></div>
<div class="yiv8454308926MsoNormal">the citizen<u></u><u></u></div>
<div class="yiv8454308926MsoNormal">The sister, the victim, the mother, the old one, the immigrant, the child<u></u><u></u></div>
<div class="yiv8454308926MsoNormal">Lift the prison, the poverty <u></u><u></u></div>
<div class="yiv8454308926MsoNormal">Infecting the collective mind<u></u><u></u></div>
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<div class="yiv8454308926MsoNormal">Pray, pray with me<u></u><u></u></div>
<div class="yiv8454308926MsoNormal">skin on knees thinned and bruised by please<u></u><u></u></div>
<div class="yiv8454308926MsoNormal">intended to Reach ears on High<u></u><u></u></div>
<div class="yiv8454308926MsoNormal">Where hope falls like rain between numb fingers of sky.<u></u><u></u></div>
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<div class="yiv8454308926MsoNormal">2021<u></u><u></u></div>
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