[stylist] April and a Poem Submission

Mon Apr 2 15:16:00 UTC 2012

Hi Lynda...  great piece and as a writer of  structured poetry myself at 
times I recognized the Pantoum, not one of my  favorite forms to use, but when 
done well it is one of the most beautiful  forms.  The Sestina!  Someone 
told me once that I should at least to  try to write ONE Sestina in my poetic 
life and I wondered why only one--until I  wrote that ONE.  I love the form 
really and have written several but does  it ever tax my brain cells.
Anyway, I just wanted to say a great job.. well  done!

Myrna

In a message dated 4/2/2012 10:03:39 A.M. Central Daylight Time,  
llambert at zoominternet.net writes:

thanks  for asking, Barbara.
It is a Pantoum form, originating in Malasia.
It is  written in quatrains - they are repeating throughout the poem which 
gives  it the structure    of a weaving and brings movement and life to the 

poem.

Many of my poems are written in Pantoum, Villanel, and  Sestina. the 
Sestina 
is my favorite form, and I write many of them.  Otherwise, my poetry is in 
post-modern configurations requiring the reader  to create as they read. 
Because of the structure of post modern works, the  reader has decisions to 
make continually while reading the poem. The  reader becomes part of the 
creative process - the poem is not complete  without the reader's 
participation, and no two readers will make the same  decisions while 
reading 
so the poem is ever changing each time it is  performed or read. But, even 
when I am writing in a particular form -  there are always post modern 
references throughout the text that  continually bring the reader back to 
the 
exact moment of the writing  itself - always references to the ACT of 
writing, while writing. You can  find those things in the poem as well, 
even 
though it is a Pantoum. The  poem, for me, is a weaving on numerous levels 
simultaneously.
Writing  is first of all a physical ACT, a movement of the body, mind, and 
spirit  all working in tandum.

Hope this helps as you read it - like looking at  a painting, the colors 
and 
strokes all done in layers upon  layers.

Lynda Lambert
104 River Road
Ellwood City, PA  16117

724 758 4979

My Blog:   http://www.walkingbyinnervision.blogspot.com
My Website:   http://lyndalambert.com

----- Original Message  ----- 
From: "Barbara Hammel" <poetlori8 at msn.com>
To: "Writer's  Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 01,  2012 10:47 PM
Subject: Re: [stylist] April and a Poem  Submission

> What type of poem is this?  Is it a made-up  structure or does it have a 
> name?  Tomorrow when the twins are  in school, I'm going to hook up my 
> Braille display so I can run my  fingers through it and truly absorb it. 
> It's pretty.
>  Barbara
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> Poetry is an echo, asking a  shadow to dance. -- Carl Sandburg
> -----Original Message----- 
>  From: Lynda Lambert
> Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2012 8:20 AM
> To:  Writer's Division Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [stylist] April and a Poem  Submission
>
> Ah, here it comes!
> It's just around the  corner.
>
> It is nearly April.
>
> I have  attached  a poem I wrote in 2001 - "In the Storms of April - 
>  Plunge"
> (An excerpt from my book _ Concerti:  Psalms for the  Pilgrimage_
> I wrote it in response to a friend who had sent me a poem  he wrote.)
>
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> April is  National Poetry  Month!
> April brings fresh new  experiences and inspirations for  our writing.
>
> Poetry is in the spring sunshine and cast shadows  of my Zen Meditation 
> Garden this morning.
>
> My white  cat, Angel, is curled up in a little bed of green leaves, He 
> sleeps  there  among the thick Periwinkle vines like a bright furry bird 
in  
> his expansive nest.
>
> I thought I heard Poetry  in  the woods, quietly moving about behind the 
> delicate green buds of the  thickets today. I walked my eager and hungry 
> dogs early this morning.  I paused at the top of the cliff and let the 
dogs 
> sniff it out. They  were at full alert. They barked and growled. 
Scratched 
> the rich black  earth beneath the limp leaves, the debris of winter that 
> lines the  floor of the woods. It  had vanished.
>
> April is National  Poetry Month.
>
> Is there anything you will be doing to celebrate  this month?
>
> For Poetry Month I pledge to spend my early  morning hours here in my 
> office. I'll enjoy my  cup of Puerto  Rican coffee, as I work to capture 
> some of the images from my daily  life through poetry.  There will be 
> nothing here but the sounds  and smells of the early morning hours 
wafting 
> in through the open  window.  I'll try to capture the flight of fancy 
that 
> fills my  fingertips as I type.
>
> Lynda
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> My  Blog:  http://www.walkingbyinnervision.blogspot.com
> My  Website:   http://lyndalambert.com
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