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\nP  \n中.  \n____  \n# The Art ofAcquiescence\n\nP0EIS H08S.DEACCESSI0iLJ:  \nDigitized by the Internet Archivein 2019  \nhttps://archive.org/details/artofacquiescenc00chel  \n# The Art ofAcquiescence\n\nPoems by Joseph A.Chelius  \nWord Poetry  \n◎2014 by Joseph A.Chelius  \nPublished by IWord PoetryP.O.Box 541106Cincinnati,OH 45254-1106  \nISBN:9781625491107  \nLCCN:2014954307  \nPoetry Editor:Kevin Walzer  \nBusiness Editor:Lori Jareo  \nCover collograph and author photograph:Patricia Griffin-Chelius  \nVisit us on the web at www.wordpoetrybooks.com  \n# Acknowledgments\n\nI am grateful to the editors of the followingpublications in which many of these poems haveappeared:  \nJournals:Blue Unicorn,Bucks County Writer;Cider PressReview,Christianity and Literature,Commonweal,DrexelOnline Journal,FourQuarters,Freshet,Green Hills LiteraryLantern,Higinsville Reader,Mad Poets Review,PoetryEast,Schuylkill Valley Journal,Sow's Ear Poetry Review,and Spitball  \nNewspaper:The Buck.s County Courier Times  \nAnthologies:Hands Offiering Bread(◎2002 BucksCounty Poet Laureate Program),Making Our OwnLight(◎2012 Bucks County Poet Laureate Program),Imago Dei:Poems from Cbristianity and Literature (◎2012Abilene Christian Press)  \nChapbooks:Taking Pitches (C 2006 Pudding HousePublications),Row House Yards (C 2011 PuddingHouse Publications)  \nCollograph:Patricia Griffin-Chelius  \nSpecial thanks to Christopher Bursk and the BucksCounty,Pennsylvania community of poets;PeterKrok,Jim Marinell,and Bill Wunder at the ManayunkArt Center;Eileen D'Angelo and the Mad PoetsSociety;the Fallsington Friends;Unigraphics,Inc.;my LaSalle University writing friends (Tim Walters,Joe Boyce,John Boyce,and David Livewell);and,for their early encouragement,Rich Warmsand Dan Kowalski.  \nSpecial thanks also to all the generous readers I've hadover the years,especially Patricia Griffin-Chelius,Rosemary Tregar,Suki Allen,Eileen Bilynsky,AndiGarback,and Peggy DeVellis;and my writingteachers,especially Michael Kain at MonsignorBonner High School,Claude F.Koch and JosephMeredith at LaSalle University,and Eugene Chesnickand William F.Van Wert at Temple University.  \nThis book is dedicated to my family:to my wife,Patricia;children,Sarah and Andrew;my parents(Margaret and Albert)and grandparents;siblings(Jim and Julie,John and Mary,Mary,Dan,Margaretand Bill)and their families;my wife's family;andSister Alice Meehan.  \nTable of Contents  \nI.  \nFirst Grade Nun………………………………………………………………………11  \nBoy with Vegetables…………………………………………………………12  \nMilkman and Assistant………………………………………………………………13  \nMaking Lunches………………………………………………………………14  \nGrandmother………………………………………………………………………………15  \nFor the Left Fielder……………………………………………………………  \nBrief Guide to Playing Right Field…………………………17  \nStable…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………18  \nDysfunctional Pairs……………………………………………………………………………19  \nToys………………………………………………………………………………………21  \nThe Wound…………………………………………………………………22  \nAnts with Saltwater 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