Poem Sample Pauletta

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=125 BGCOLOR="#BFBF00" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="05b467d1dwoxjb.png"> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="275207d0.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="125" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=189 style="border-right: 1px solid #CCCCCC;" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="WovenWord Press"><B>home</B></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id89.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="new from the press/Mother Blessings/Jour"><B>new from the press</B></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id30.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="catalog"><B>catalog</B></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id31.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="how to order this book"><B>how to order</B></A><B> </B><A HREF="id31.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="how to order this book"><B>books</B></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id32.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="who we are"><B>who we are</B></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id33.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="links"><B>links</B></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id34.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="contact"><B>contact </B></A></div> <div> <B>    </B></div> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=355 width="100%" BGCOLOR="#FFFF99" TEXT="#080000"> <div>               </div> <div>                      </div> <div>      <FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Verdana" ><I><B>s a m p l e   p o e m</B></I></FONT></div> <bR> <div>           <FONT SIZE="7" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Divining</FONT></div> <div>                  by pauletta hansel  </div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><B> </B></I><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#999900" FACE="Arial" ><I><B>FEBRUARY</B></I></FONT></div> <div> <I><B> </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>There has to be a February,</B></I><I><B> </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>every year a sinking down below</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>the frozen surface of your life,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>the sky a grey stained</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>pillow pressing down and down</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>where everything you've</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>ever wanted to forget</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>or hold lies</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>dormant in your hot red core.</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>February days so quiet</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>you hear your blood inside your veins.</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>And if you try to cheat it,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>fill your days and nights with brightly</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>colored noise, by-pass February</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>as you might some broken</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>town you'd just as soon</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>forget you'd ever seen,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>your life creates another one:</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>last year May, a swollen river</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>of a month,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>I could not lift my head</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>above its murky surface;</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>another year it's August melts me down</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>like asphalt, any road I hope</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>to travel buckling with its weight.</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Every year there has to be a February,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>every year, a sinking down.</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>You might as well use February</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>in its time.</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B>_______________________________________________________________</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id114.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Author Pauletta"><B>about the author</B></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id115.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Poem Sample Pauletta"><B>sample book chapter</B></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id30.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="catalog"><B>catalog</B></A></div> <div> <B>                  </B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>                                         </B><B> </B><A HREF="id31.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="how to order this book"><B>How to Order this Book</B></A><A HREF="id31.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="how to order this book"><B> </B></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>Divining</B></div> <div> <B>Pauletta Hansel  </B></div> <div> <B>80 pgs.  $12.00  paperback  ISBN: 0967842875</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>                                                                                                                                                                                                </B></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>