[Fictionary] And your poem is....

[Jim Moskowitz]

Since I got several emails of encouragement and no vetos, this next 
round is going to be one of Poem Fictionary!

Here's the first half of the opening stanza of an actual poem (by, as 
Douglas Adams once wrote, a Qualified Poet).  A formal sort of poem, 
with gen-u-ine iambic pentameter. Your job is to submit the lines 
that complete the stanza -- by the end of Thursday, Nov. 9th.  Then 
I'll compile a ballot that also includes the real thing, and we'll 
see who manages to fool whom.  Have fun using a slightly different 
section of your creative mind!

-Jim


A hush is over all the teeming lists,
And there is pause, a breath-space in the strife;