Betty Jean - it may not be 'poetry' but it was a great free verse!
 
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From: Betty Jean Piech <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Tuesday, January 12, 1999 11:55 PM
Subject: The Inspiration of Gene's Poetry
 
 
>Thanks for Gene's poem, Lynn. I enjoyed.  And it reminded me of something I
>wrote many years ago for the Newsletter of the Lousiana Malacological
>Society following a trip.  I am not sure it is poetry as it doesn't rhyme,
>but isn't that what is called  free verse?
>
>FEELINGS ON A TRIP TO MICRONESIA
>
>Happiness is going to Micronesia.
>Joy is arriving in Los Angeles where the trip starts and I meet old
friends.
>Weariness is a 12-hour flight from LA to Guam.
>Extasy is stretching out on a bed in the Guam Hilton Hotel.
>Exultation is arriving at the bottom of a long, streep hill down to Cetti
>Bay on Guan, where
>      I  was told there are Cyrpaea mappa.
>Disgust is having to climb back up that same hill without any mappa.
>Delight is seeing the beautiful new Palau Pacific Resort.
>Fulfullment is, on my first day in Palau, completely filling my collecting
bag.
>Frustration is practically everyone but me finding Lambis lambis on Debed
>Beach, Peleliu.
>Contentment is, 2 days later, picking up 12 lambis on Neco Island,
>spreading them out on
>      the beach and selecting the 4 I want to keep.
>Apprehension is reluctantly poking a gooey red blob.
>Amazement is having that red blob disappear to reveal a Cypraea linacina.
>Regretfulness is having to leave Palau before I have found a Lambis
charagra.
>Optimism is looking ahead to the goodies on Rota and Tinian.
>Disappointment is not finding much on Rota.
>Awe is finding a live 6 3/4" Conus leopardus on Tinian.
>Disbelief is, 5 minutes after finding the leopardus, pulling a US $10 bill
>out from under a
>      rock in 10 feet of water.
>Depression is leaving Tinian and realizing the end of the trip is fast
>approaching and I
>     have not found that charagra.
>Gratification is finally, the last day back on Guan, uncovering something
>worthwhile by
>     fanning - big Terebra guttata, sublata and Oliva annulata.
>And Fear is when I realize that my shells may not fit in my luggage.
>And Indescribable Relief  is when they do.
>
>Betty Jean, The Tall One