Well, Peeps, I pulled it off!  The poem seemed to speak itself. With expression, with emotion. It was met with applause. Happy Lady here!
I'm still practicing it, because there's a couple other places I may be saying it. One for sure, in the community theater project my daughters are doing in Ausitn, and one other still possible.
So. Much. Fun. That poem deserves to be said aloud. I'm glad I had the opportunity.