<html><head></head><body><div class="ydpe4ebb96yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Very good.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I liked that one a lot.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">A worthy poem.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Congratulations.</div><div><br></div><div class="ydpe4ebb96signature"><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica Neue;">Shawn Jacobson<br>sdj60259@aol.com<br></div></div></div>
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On Wednesday, January 24, 2024 at 12:04:23 PM EST, Ann Chiappetta via Stylist <stylist@nfbnet.org> wrote:
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<div><div id="ydp2e6bf447yiv1359447166"><div><div class="ydp2e6bf447yiv1359447166WordSection1"><p class="ydp2e6bf447yiv1359447166MsoNormal">Here’s the poem:</p><p class="ydp2e6bf447yiv1359447166MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;">Where the Heart Lives</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;"></span></p><p class="ydp2e6bf447yiv1359447166MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;"> </span></p><p class="ydp2e6bf447yiv1359447166MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;">Here and now, in the moment</span></p><p class="ydp2e6bf447yiv1359447166MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;">Late summer sounds float through the window</span></p><p class="ydp2e6bf447yiv1359447166MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;">crickets echo, The rhythmic creak</span></p><p class="ydp2e6bf447yiv1359447166MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;">Soon quieted by cool temperatures</span></p><p class="ydp2e6bf447yiv1359447166MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;"> </span></p><p class="ydp2e6bf447yiv1359447166MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;">Mindful echoes</span></p><p class="ydp2e6bf447yiv1359447166MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;">Suburban activities</span></p><p class="ydp2e6bf447yiv1359447166MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;">The railways hum, acrid stench of highway fumes</span></p><p class="ydp2e6bf447yiv1359447166MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;">Broken by a sweet honeysuckle Scent-Ribbon </span></p><p class="ydp2e6bf447yiv1359447166MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;">Voices, car doors, and barking dogs</span></p><p class="ydp2e6bf447yiv1359447166MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;">Replaced by after dark stillness</span></p><p class="ydp2e6bf447yiv1359447166MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;">By dew, new grass, skunk</span></p><p class="ydp2e6bf447yiv1359447166MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;"> </span></p><p class="ydp2e6bf447yiv1359447166MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;">Presence</span></p><p class="ydp2e6bf447yiv1359447166MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;">Human touch</span></p><p class="ydp2e6bf447yiv1359447166MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;">Holding hands before</span></p><p class="ydp2e6bf447yiv1359447166MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;">Slipping off to sleep</span></p><p class="ydp2e6bf447yiv1359447166MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;">A hug and kiss from a friend</span></p><p class="ydp2e6bf447yiv1359447166MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;">The release of laughter or tears During a phone call</span></p><p class="ydp2e6bf447yiv1359447166MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;"> </span></p><p class="ydp2e6bf447yiv1359447166MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;">A sense of doing, of being</span></p><p class="ydp2e6bf447yiv1359447166MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;">Awareness of the body, of blood, pulse</span></p><p class="ydp2e6bf447yiv1359447166MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;">Breath, and purpose.</span></p><p class="ydp2e6bf447yiv1359447166MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;">Home.</span></p><p class="ydp2e6bf447yiv1359447166MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;">2015</span></p><p class="ydp2e6bf447yiv1359447166MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;"> </span></p><p class="ydp2e6bf447yiv1359447166MsoNormal"> </p><p class="ydp2e6bf447yiv1359447166MsoNormal"> </p><div><p class="ydp2e6bf447yiv1359447166MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">Ann Chiappetta, MS</span></p><p class="ydp2e6bf447yiv1359447166MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">President, Friends In Art, Inc.</span></p><p class="ydp2e6bf447yiv1359447166MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;"><a shape="rect" href="mailto:president@friendsinart.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0563C1;">president@friendsinart.org</span></a> <a shape="rect" href="http://www.friendsinart.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0563C1;">www.friendsinart.org</span></a> </span></p><p class="ydp2e6bf447yiv1359447166MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">914.393.6605 </span></p><p class="ydp2e6bf447yiv1359447166MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;"><a shape="rect" href="http://www.annchiappetta.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0563C1;">www.annchiappetta.com</span></a></span></p><p class="ydp2e6bf447yiv1359447166MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Metropolis-Regular;color:black;background:white;">Trust your dreams. Trust your heart and trust your story. Neil Gaiman</span></p></div><p class="ydp2e6bf447yiv1359447166MsoNormal"> </p><div id="ydp2e6bf447yiv1359447166yqt02266" class="ydp2e6bf447yiv1359447166yqt8964124349"><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in;"><p class="ydp2e6bf447yiv1359447166MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Stylist <stylist-bounces@nfbnet.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Vejas Vasiliauskas via Stylist<br clear="none"><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 24, 2024 11:42 AM<br clear="none"><b>To:</b> Writers' Division Mailing List <stylist@nfbnet.org><br clear="none"><b>Cc:</b> Vejas Vasiliauskas <alpineimagination@gmail.com><br clear="none"><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Stylist] got third place</p></div></div><p class="ydp2e6bf447yiv1359447166MsoNormal"> </p><div><p class="ydp2e6bf447yiv1359447166MsoNormal">Congrats, Annie! </p></div><div><p class="ydp2e6bf447yiv1359447166MsoNormal">Vejas</p></div><div><p class="ydp2e6bf447yiv1359447166MsoNormal"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></p><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt;"><p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;" class="ydp2e6bf447yiv1359447166MsoNormal">On Jan 22, 2024, at 15:11, Ann Chiappetta via Stylist <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:stylist@nfbnet.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">stylist@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:</p></blockquote></div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt;"><div><p class="ydp2e6bf447yiv1359447166MsoNormal"></p><p class="ydp2e6bf447yiv1359447166MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">Dear Ann, </span></p><p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;" class="ydp2e6bf447yiv1359447166MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;"> </span></p><p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;" class="ydp2e6bf447yiv1359447166MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">It is Oprelle Publication’s great honor to congratulate you on being chosen as the</span></p><p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;" class="ydp2e6bf447yiv1359447166MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;"> </span></p><p align="center" style="text-align:center;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;" class="ydp2e6bf447yiv1359447166MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">Third Place Winner in the </span></b></p><p align="center" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;text-align:center;line-height:105%;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;" class="ydp2e6bf447yiv1359447166MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:sans-serif;">2023 “Coming Home” Poetry Contest</span></b></p><p style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;" class="ydp2e6bf447yiv1359447166MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:sans-serif;"> This contest was uniquely challenging in that the competition drew awarded and published writers as well as complete novices ...where so many times, we find diamonds! Needless to say, the Coming Home competition always draws some tough contenders. Our judges really enjoyed your poem, <i><u>Where the Heart Lives</u></i><b>. </b></span></p><p style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;" class="ydp2e6bf447yiv1359447166MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:sans-serif;">Your lines like,</span></p><p style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;" class="ydp2e6bf447yiv1359447166MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:sans-serif;">"</span></i><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:105%;font-family:sans-serif;color:#333333;"> Presence</span></p><p style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:11.75pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;" class="ydp2e6bf447yiv1359447166MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:#333333;"> Human touch</span></p><p style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:11.75pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;" class="ydp2e6bf447yiv1359447166MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:#333333;"> </span><span style="font-family:sans-serif;"> Holding hands before </span></p><p style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:11.75pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;" class="ydp2e6bf447yiv1359447166MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:#333333;">Slipping off to sleep</span><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">"</span></i></p><p style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;" class="ydp2e6bf447yiv1359447166MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:sans-serif;">will not soon be forgotten. We really enjoyed your poem's gentle journey in imagery and thought. </span></p><p class="ydp2e6bf447yiv1359447166MsoNormal"> </p><p style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%;" class="ydp2e6bf447yiv1359447166MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:sans-serif;">Your writing will gain excellent exposure because your poem and name will be featured in the upcoming “Coming Home” Anthology. The book will be in a 5.5 by 8.5 layout. We are looking forward to a really beautiful paperback later this year. We would also like to hear from our winners about their visions for the book cover. If any idea would strike a chord with our designers…who knows?</span></p><p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;" class="ydp2e6bf447yiv1359447166MsoNormal"> </p><p class="ydp2e6bf447yiv1359447166MsoNormal"> </p><p class="ydp2e6bf447yiv1359447166MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">Ann Chiappetta, MS</span></p><p class="ydp2e6bf447yiv1359447166MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">President, Friends In Art, Inc.</span></p><p class="ydp2e6bf447yiv1359447166MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;"><a shape="rect" href="mailto:president@friendsinart.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0563C1;">president@friendsinart.org</span></a> <a shape="rect" href="http://www.friendsinart.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0563C1;">www.friendsinart.org</span></a> </span></p><p class="ydp2e6bf447yiv1359447166MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">914.393.6605 </span></p><p class="ydp2e6bf447yiv1359447166MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;"><a shape="rect" href="http://www.annchiappetta.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0563C1;">www.annchiappetta.com</span></a></span></p><p class="ydp2e6bf447yiv1359447166MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Metropolis-Regular;color:black;background:white;">Trust your dreams. Trust your heart and trust your story. Neil Gaiman</span></p><p class="ydp2e6bf447yiv1359447166MsoNormal"> </p><p class="ydp2e6bf447yiv1359447166MsoNormal">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">Writers Division web site<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://writers.nfb.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://writers.nfb.org/</a><br clear="none">Stylist mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="mailto:Stylist@nfbnet.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stylist@nfbnet.org</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/stylist_nfbnet.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/stylist_nfbnet.org</a><br clear="none">To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Stylist:<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/stylist_nfbnet.org/alpineimagination%40gmail.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/stylist_nfbnet.org/alpineimagination%40gmail.com</a></p></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div><div class="ydp2e6bf447yqt8964124349" id="ydp2e6bf447yqt70615">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">Writers Division web site<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://writers.nfb.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://writers.nfb.org/</a><br clear="none">Stylist mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="mailto:Stylist@nfbnet.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stylist@nfbnet.org</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/stylist_nfbnet.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/stylist_nfbnet.org</a><br clear="none">To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Stylist:<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/stylist_nfbnet.org/sdj60259%40aol.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/stylist_nfbnet.org/sdj60259%40aol.com</a><br clear="none"></div></div>
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