[stylist] Awards and Coffee Cans

[Lynda Lambert]

Jackie, this is GREAT NEWS - TOOT TOOT TOOT away, girl. You deserve the 
KUDOS and the Hooray's. You have EARNED the honors.

Eve, thanks for clarification. haha  it was fun to try and figure it out - I 
really never even thought of ashes in the cans, but I was pretty close on 
the flowers and the house decor. I really liked the poem very much, and the 
images were so very clear - I could see them as I read. You are so right, 
cultural history enters into our interpretations. I cannot think of anyone 
in my family who was cremated, so it is not anything I am familiar with - 
and never thought of it for the coffee cans. Nice work.

I still want to do the 5 word poem, but have not had a chance to even sit 
down to think about it - but don't rule me out just yet -  maybe...maybe.
Lynda






----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Kuell" <ckuell at comcast.net>
To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2012 2:08 PM
Subject: Re: [stylist] Awards


> Congratulations, Jackie--that's wonderful news.
>
> chris
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jacqueline Williams" <jackieleepoet at cox.net>
> To: "'Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2012 12:25 PM
> Subject: [stylist] Awards
>
>
>>I am truly a happy camper today, and forgive me if I blow my own horn a 
>>bit.
>>
>> I just received five awards through the mail yesterday from the NFSPS 
>> 2012
>> Annual Contest. It stands for the National Federation of State Poetry
>> Societies.
>>
>> None of them were a first, second, or third place, which means no money, 
>> but
>> there was a 1st, 2nd, one 5th, and two 7th place Honorable Mentions.
>>
>> I have recently attached two of these to my e-mails to you. Medicine 
>> Wheel,
>> which was "Our American Indian Heritage Award,  and "Rocky", which was on
>> the topic of When bad things happen.
>>
>> I will only burden you with one attachment. Mainly because I thought it 
>> was
>> hilarious that it got an award. It was from the League of Minnesota Poets
>> Award, and the category of long free verse.
>>
>> In it, I have taken the name of an angle worm. Who asked me about
>> anthropomorphic poems? Not sure this is one, but I was trying also to
>> portray the voice of one dead, a Spoon River.
>>
>> The bright spot is that with an honorable mention, I can submit the poem
>> again with the confidence that it is a good one that might be in need of 
>> a
>> tweak or two.
>>
>> In only one of the five were the judge's comments included. In her 
>> remarks
>> she stressed the importance of not having even one error in spelling,
>> punctuation, or usage. In her category there were 257 poems, and every 
>> one
>> with even one error was automatically discarded because it was so 
>> difficult
>> to winnow out even the ones with  perfect form, so that she could
>> concentrate on content, form, etc.
>>
>> It is doubly difficult when you use a screen reader to accomplish this, 
>> as I
>> am sure you all know. But I would encourage you to try.
>>
>> If anyone wants the information on next year's contest, I will be 
>> scanning
>> it for myself, and could make an attachment. The problems, the scanner 
>> often
>> makes mistakes in spelling or skipping some things.
>>
>> Sorry I missed the phone conference on Sunday. As Lynda has said, 
>> personal
>> contact means a great deal.
>>
>> Jackie
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
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