[stylist] poem submission

Lynda Lambert llambert at zoominternet.net
Mon Mar 5 18:09:51 UTC 2012 

Jackie,

The first person I was honored to help on the journey into the next world 
was my own Mother. It was five years ago. I sang to her, read her beautiful 
thoughts from the Psalms that I knew she would love, and took off my 
multi-colored shawl and wrapped it around her to comfort her. It was a shawl 
that I had knitted and it looked like a flower blooming around her - her 
face the center of the flower.

Just 2 months ago, her little sister was passing over. At her bedside was my 
only suster, my two granddaughters who are 30 and 31 years old, and our 
little great grand daughter Bella who is two. We were there to sing to her, 
talk to her, hold her hands, rub her body, and laugh as we talked about our 
lives together. Most of all, we kept telling her how we appreciated her and 
loved her and how we would be together again and how she would be there to 
welome us.

Thank you for reminding me of these things today. I need to write about 
them!

Lynda


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jacqueline Williams" <jackieleepoet at cox.net>
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Yes,
Lynda, I have many people living within me now. That is what happens if you
live long enough.
Jackie

-----Original Message-----
From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Lynda Lambert
Sent: Monday, March 05, 2012 10:39 AM
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That is what particularly touched me - the imagery of the landscape and the
spiritual aspects that one encounters in Arizona. I had the priviledge of
taching (twice) a course called "Arizona Culture" with 6 other professors.
Each of us taught, lectured, on our own expertise in this course. We did it
during spring semester - we covered art, literature, physhology, sociology,
linguistics, music, astronomy, biology in this course. Then, during spring
break, we took the students directly to Arizona where they continued their
research from the primary sources there. We put classroom "learning" into
practice, in the field. There is no substitue for doing course work directly

with the people, places, and culture. This is what I call "deep learning."
Taking the students outside of a classroom and lecture hall, for me, is the
most important thing the professor can do.

Your poem images come alive to me, as I remember standing int he landscape,
feeling the breeze, experiencing the smell of it all - and more. You
combined these things, with the personal attachment you have with your son,
and the grief of his disappearance, with the joy of knowing you have him
back again. And, you do!
Lynda
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Shawn,
Thank you for your comments, and for a bit of your history concerning
Arizona. Lynda also wrote that she had been in Arizona for some time, and
taught about different aspects of our state's history and culture.
After my son's disappearance, I rode horseback through much of the
Superstitions with an expert horseman. There was always the hope because of
all the stories about the "Lost Dutchman's Mine" and consequent
disappearances.
A book I never finished was, "In Search of Adam Scott." I still have my
notes, but many in cursive which nobody can read after all those years.
Jackie


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Jacqueline

I just got around to reading your poem; great stuff.  I've been out west
some (Mystery valley, Monument valley, and some of the parks in Utah.  Once,
my grandparents drove their camper/trailer out to Arizona and stayed in a
park in Mesa, near Camelback mountain.  I flew out there for several weeks
when I was in college.

I understand how the place can call to the spirit.  However, I never did any
serious hiking out there.  The spirit would soar but the body is an
increasingly fractured vessel.

Wishing you the best.

Shawn

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Robert,
Thanks so much. I do write a lot of narrative poetry, and I believe it
should be accessible to non-poets, so your comments mean much to me.
Yes, Scott did die in his beloved wilderness in a search for some higher
meaning to his life. He had read all of the "Seth" books, and all of the
Carlos Castaneda's books, and "The Crack in the Cosmic Egg." His goal was to
reach a high point where he could look at Weaver's Needle in full moonlight.
I believe he made it.
He had worked for the forest service in the area for the protection of eagle
nests, and felt totally confident of his survival skills. He broke the rule
of hiking alone for a four-day trip, and it was June in the desert.
Jackie

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Jackie

I like that type of poem. It for me reads more like a story; sad stuff (My
hope would be, the kid was doing something meaningful to him when he died).

-----Original Message-----
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Brad,
I tried this a while ago, and I think the wrong file got attached. Tried to
remove or stop. Not quite sure what happened. I'll try again.
Death in the Desert is the poem I wrote after my son's remains were found.
Your sensitivity is appreciated and I know you come by it honestly having a
brother who died.
And, Yes, Barbara, 80% of marriages fall apart after the loss of a child.
Mine did, after 26 years.
Poetry is a healing craft and helps all of us who write it to get through
anything, and the silver lining is somehow to start seeing the humorous side
of many things.
Jackie

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Jackie and others with a similar loss,

I watched the suffering my parents went through with the loss of my brother.
I never want to find out, but the professionals in the world say there is no
greater greif than the loss of a child.

Brad






On 3/4/2012  05:24 PM Jacqueline Williams said...
>Brad,
>Thanks. That was a great summation of my poem. It was about the death
>of my middle son, found out 14 years after he disappeared in the
>Superstition Mountains.
>Incidentally, I loved your piece, Cry, Baby, Cry. I think it would make
>a great  song, but I am no song writer.
>Jackie
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
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>Behalf Of Brad Dunsé
>Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2012 3:38 PM
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>
>Congrats Jackie. I like your poem. It summarizes:
>
>"Sometimes you really can't go around what you've got to go through,
>but you can always get through what seems impossible to get over"."
>--Capt'n Frank
>
>Brad
>
>
>On 3/4/2012  04:21 PM Jacqueline Williams said...
> >Brad,
> >You've got four.
> >I'm privileged to join Lynda, Myrna, and Shawn. I had two poems put
> >in
> >"Arizona: 100 Years, 100 Poems, 100 Poets,"
> >In Honor of Arizona's 100th Year of Statehood.
> >You have all read the one called, "My Fingertips Braille You to Me,
> >so I will not attach that one. The other, Illusions of Farewell, is
> >an attachment. It might also qualify for Barbara's assignment for
"crying."
> >Jackie
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org]
> >On Behalf Of Brad Dunsé
> >Sent: Friday, March 02, 2012 9:44 AM
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> >Subject: Re: [stylist] poem submission
> >
> >We've got poems on the Writer's lisst publishing auction block. I got
> >a 3 anybody 4 imabiddin'4 anybody  give a 4.  I gotta 3 imabiddin'4
> >anbydoby biddin' for imabiddin'4 imabiddin'4?
> >I've got 3? I'm lookin gfor a 4? Going once? Going twice? ...
> >
> >Congrats!
> >
> >Brad
> >
> >
> >
> >On 3/2/2012  08:27 AM KajunCutie926 at aol.com said...
> > >And you can add me to the bubbly group.. My poem  'Clothe Me' will
> > >be appearing with you guys.  I am thrilled to say the  least and
> > >what fine company to be sharing it with!
> > >Myrna
> > >
> > >
> > >In a message dated 3/2/2012 8:24:58 A.M. Central Standard Time,
> > >llambert at zoominternet.net writes:
> > >
> > >I am  bubbling with ya. I got a note from Margaret two days ago -
> > >they
>are
> > >publishing my poem _Vilanelle for my Mother at Eighty_  so I will
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>there
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> > >Lynda
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From:  "Jacobson, Shawn D" <Shawn.D.Jacobson at hud.gov>
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> > >Sent: Friday, March 02,  2012 8:01 AM
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> > >
> > >
> > > > Dear  group.
> > > >
> > > > I believe I have some good news.  Recently, I sent  my poem, The
>Kraken
> > >at
> > > > Sunset, to Magnets and Ladders.  I got an  Email from their
> > > > editor
> >saying
> > > > they like the topic and wanted to know  if they could make some
minor
> > > > changes.  I said yes.  I  think that means they accepted my work.
OK,
> > >I'm
> > > > thrilled and a  little bubbly.
> > > >
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