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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi all-<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>My email for Feedback is <a href="mailto:anniecms64@gmail.com">anniecms64@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This is a modified ghazal poem. It uses couplets independent from one another and a strong repetitive word. Originally I read it was also rigid regarding the meter and syllabic style but those written in English aren’t adhered to as strictly.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Read more here: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghazal#:~:text=A%20ghazal%20commonly%20consists%20of,those%20of%20the%20Petrarchan%20sonnet">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghazal#:~:text=A%20ghazal%20commonly%20consists%20of,those%20of%20the%20Petrarchan%20sonnet</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I played with it a bit and this is the result.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Mileage <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ann Chiappetta<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>rain blows east<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>wind pushes east<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>chalet slopes west<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>high rise faces east<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A1A1A;background:white'>90° of north <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A1A1A;background:white'>Going home is east</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A1A1A;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555;background:white'>The dog star howls<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>summer bright in the east<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>distance dilutes Love <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>From west to east<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ann, said the loved boy <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Return to me<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I wept in the west<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>and faced east<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>2023<span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></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><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Ann Chiappetta, MS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>President, Friends In Art, Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="mailto:president@friendsinart.org"><span style='color:#0563C1'>president@friendsinart.org</span></a> <a href="http://www.friendsinart.org"><span style='color:#0563C1'>www.friendsinart.org</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>914.393.6605 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="http://www.annchiappetta.com"><span style='color:#0563C1'>www.annchiappetta.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><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<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>