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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi-<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>It’s great to read your thoughts, Happy New Year and be well,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Annie<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>Ann M. Chiappetta, M.S.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>Making Meaningful ConnectionsThrough Media <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>914.393.6605 USA<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:Anniecms64@gmail.com"><span style='color:#0563C1'>Anniecms64@gmail.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>All things Annie: <a href="http://www.annchiappetta.com"><span style='color:#0563C1'>www.annchiappetta.com</span></a> <o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Stylist <stylist-bounces@nfbnet.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Richard R. Thomas via Stylist<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, December 28, 2022 5:46 PM<br><b>To:</b> Writers' Division Mailing List <stylist@nfbnet.org><br><b>Cc:</b> Richard R. Thomas <richardrthomas48@gmail.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Stylist] a poem by Robert Burns<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hi Ann:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I looked up the use of colons and semicolons since a laymans read they seemed excessive with all the commas.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>But he uses them correctly as far as I could tell, they all fall into proper usage operations of grammer.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>So I learned something today, thanks Ann:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>His use of commas like most poets provide timing pauses enduring run-on sentences where periods could be used instead.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>But I get it due to connectivity of thought as components of a complete painted thought and not stand-alone statements related to a noun or concept such as a pronoun might do.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks again Ann and hope you had a nice holiday and a better new year coming up soon.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Richard R. Thomas (Rick USA)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from <a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986">Mail</a> for Windows<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:stylist@nfbnet.org">Ann Chiappetta via Stylist</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Sunday, December 18, 2022 5:06 PM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:stylist@nfbnet.org">Writers' Division Mailing List</a><br><b>Cc: </b><a href="mailto:anniecms64@gmail.com">Ann Chiappetta</a><br><b>Subject: </b>[Stylist] a poem by Robert Burns<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Winter: A Dirge<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Robert Burns <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The wintry west extends his blast, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> And hail and rain does blaw; <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Or, the stormy north sends driving forth <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> The blinding sleet and snaw: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>While, tumbling brown, the burn comes down, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> And roars frae bank to brae; <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>And bird and beast in covert rest, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> And pass the heartless day. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>“The sweeping blast, the sky o’ercast,” <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> The joyless winter-day <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Let others fear, to me more dear <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Than all the pride of May: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The tempest’s howl, it soothes my soul, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> My griefs it seems to join; <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The leafless trees my fancy please, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Their fate resembles mine! <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thou Power Supreme whose mighty scheme <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> These woes of mine fulfil, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Here, firm, I rest; they must be best, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Because they are Thy will! <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Then all I want—O do Thou grant <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> This one request of mine.— <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Since to enjoy Thou dost deny, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Assist me to resign. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This poem is in the public domain. Published in Poem-a-Day on December 18, 2022, by the Academy of American Poets.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>Ann M. Chiappetta, M.S.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>Making Meaningful ConnectionsThrough Media <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>914.393.6605 USA<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:Anniecms64@gmail.com"><span style='color:#0563C1'>Anniecms64@gmail.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>All things Annie: <a href="http://www.annchiappetta.com"><span style='color:#0563C1'>www.annchiappetta.com</span></a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>