[stylist] April and a Poem Submission
Lynda Lambert
llambert at zoominternet.net
Mon Apr 2 17:34:52 UTC 2012
Barbara,
Rhyming is not normally done in the sestina or pantoum. but these days, it
is just fine to experiment and find your own way of doing things in the
spirit of the form, if not the exact form.
I am working on a ssestina right now - have been working on it for a few
days. Also working on another piece based on a myth that I love very much -
really wrestling with it and have to take breaks for a few days or weeks in
between working on it, just to get a breath of fresh air.
I really love William Carlos Williams very much and his view that a poem is
a machine - it is a vehicle of sorts.
and, the other thing that I agree with him is that the artist ( or poet) is
always and forever writing about only one thing - himself!) I did a ton of
work on him in grad school. There were about 6 MFA and PhD students in the
class - we would often spend the entire night together just looking at ONE
pen, and explicating it for hours. It was so exciting. We read everything
Williams published - every book, every article, plays, etc. And, that was
the beginning of my love affair with modernism, I think. A poem can change a
person's life forrever - just one poem. It has that kind of power. Never
take what you do lightly - it is very important to others and to you as
well.
Nice talking with you today - I just pulled myself away from my sestina and
I need lunch! And, a walk with the dogs. haha
Lynda
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: Monday, April 02, 2012 12:42 PM
Subject: Re: [stylist] April and a Poem Submission
> Wow! You love to write sestinas? You were not here yet when I first
> struggled to write one a couple of years ago. Since I'm a rhymer at
> heart, I don't think any of my sestinas are good but I've enjoyed
> experimenting with them and learning that I can do them. Now I'll have to
> try a pantoum. I've written a few villanelles, too but I think those are
> worse than sestinas to write.
> Somewhere in my poems I have one that would be considered a poor attempt
> at a pantoum, but I didn't know of that kind at the time and was just
> creating my own structure.
> Barbara
>
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> Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance. -- Carl Sandburg
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lynda Lambert
> Sent: Monday, April 02, 2012 10:01 AM
> To: Writer's Division Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [stylist] April and a Poem Submission
>
> 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
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.)
>>
>>
>> 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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