deep in the ring of life <br />one needs yeast <br />to rise above <br />the burden of labor <br />and edge of grace <br /> <br /> - Ben Gieske, September 9,2008 <br /> <br />published on 12-04-2008 by Shreve Memorial Library on their electronic poetry network as the poem of the day <br /> <br />Go to: www.shreve-lib.org/poemofday.htm<br /><br />Ben Gieske<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/an-uplift/