[stylist] Lynda's Christmas poem - interesting!

[Lynda Lambert]

Yes, Robert,
it does remind me of a crossword puzzle, too, now that you mention it. You 
know, that would be a challenge, to write an acrostic that is ALSO put 
together like a crossword puzzle, wouldn't it!

One year, 1999, I wrote a SESTINA and gave a copy of it to each of my family 
members.  My mother had Alzheimer's disease. I knew it was the last year 
that we would ever be in our family home together. I wrote the poem about 
the house my parents had built when we were children and where we all had 
gathered on Christmas Eve every year together, with our parents.  I have the 
poem framed and on display in my library.

Yesterday morning, my daughter - in - law came down for breakfast and told 
me she had read that poem. The poem was a connection for her, with our past 
years, with my parents who have died, and our family home that is no longer 
in our family.  A simple poem can mean so much to someone. We cannot ever 
forget the value of our words and the link they are to other people.

Each year, I write a special short poem, and it is printed inside of an 
original card that is handmade by my daughter and sent out to all on our 
mailing list. Each year, we write a Christmas letter as well, full of photos 
of events and things we enjoyed  together throughout the year.  It is my way 
of reaching across the miles and giving a big hug to all our family members 
where they are today. These are some of the things you rekindled in me 
through your note, Robert. Thank you!


Lynda




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Leslie Newman" <newmanrl at cox.net>
To: "writers nfb" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2012 10:22 AM
Subject: [stylist] Lynda's Christmas poem - interesting!


> Lynda and others
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> In the past I have seen some poetry that would use the letters of a word 
> to
> start out each line and I had never known what that was called! (This 
> style
> somewhat puts me in mind of a crossword puzzle!)
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> One last thing- my prose acrostic poem:
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> Be happy
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> You all
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> Every day
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> Robert Leslie Newman
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