[stylist] To Ashley...Re: Icicles and Myrna

Lynda Lambert llambert at zoominternet.net
Fri May 18 14:16:20 UTC 2012 

Yes, this is the key to developing writing. I like to choose a poet and then 
read everything written and published by and about that poet. I am a retired 
English Professor!  You never know what gems you'll find until you do the 
DELVING - your professor was so right about that. We give out the 
information to the student, then you never know how long it will be before 
(or if) the student will actually understand the lesson. It can take many 
years for a lesson to dwell inside of a student as she  continues to grow 
intllectually and emotionally to reach the maturity that it requires to 
understand the lesson.  I have students contact me long after they have left 
school, to remind me they were in one of my classes and tell me how much 
they loved the class or something they learned during that experience.

Here is something I learned from Rita Dove, the poet. She spoke about how 
when being interviewed everyone wants to talk ABOUT the poet, but very few 
want to discuss the poem.  People are afraid and intimidated by a poem.  It 
takes a lot of hard work to read and even begin to understand a good poem - 
and most people are far too lazy to do the work it requires.

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: <KajunCutie926 at aol.com>
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Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 9:35 AM
Subject: [stylist] To Ashley...Re: Icicles and Myrna


> Lynda gives the best advice here and I am applauding  it.   READ POETRY to
> write poetry.  Actually READ any genre to write  in that genre.  I give 
> this
> advice to young or new writers on a poetry I  help out on too.  I've only
> been writing about 12 years but early on an  English professor told me I
> should 'delve' into writing but yours truly wasn't  'delving' into that 
> LOL  He
> also told me to read the work of others  because that would be the truest
> way to find my own niche, if I  should choose to follow his advice and
> 'delve'.  About 30 years later  I did just that and realized what my 
> professor was
> trying to tell me.   Spread your wings and soar.  Explore the craft.  You
> will be surprised  at all the good things you can learn.  I still do this
> even after 12 years  of sharing my words. It guides me just as much as my 
> own
> words do.
>
> Myrna
>
>
> In a message dated 5/18/2012 8:24:03 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
> llambert at zoominternet.net writes:
>
> Great!
> Read a lot of poetry - that is your best teacher. Read  all you can, all
> kinds.  The more you read other people's work, the  more ideas will come 
> to
> you for your own poems.  Read a lot of  different kinds, and eventually
> you'll begin to find what really moves you  personally.
>
> 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: "Ashley Bramlett" <bookwormahb at earthlink.net>
> To:  "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday,  May 17, 2012 10:39 PM
> Subject: Re: [stylist] Icicles and  Myrna
>
>
>> its okay, I wish I could write something as insightful  as hers. Well I
>> don't know how to write many poems. But I think I'll  write an acrostic
>> about my former cat Penny and share  it.
>>
>> -----Original Message----- 
>> From: Lynda  Lambert
>> Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2012 10:16 PM
>> To: Writer's  Division Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [stylist] Icicles and  Myrna
>>
>> OH, I see what I did. I knew it was Myrna's, but I wrote  you name
>> instead....my mind is in the clouds most of the time.  lol
>>
>> 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: "Ashley Bramlett"  <bookwormahb at earthlink.net>
>> To: "Writer's Division Mailing List"  <stylist at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2012 9:39  PM
>> Subject: Re: [stylist] Icicles and  Myrna
>>
>>
>>> Linda,
>>> I didn't write icles  actually; I asked the writer a question about it.
>>> Glad you  commented though.
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Lynda Lambert
>>> Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2012 7:32  AM
>>> To: Writer's Division Mailing List
>>> Subject: Re:  [stylist] Icicles and Myrna
>>>
>>> Hi Ashley,
>>> I  just read your poem today, Icicles. Since it is early morning and I
> am
>>> taking a break, I thought I would visit the poem and write my  thoughts.
>>> Here is what I saw in your poem about "seeing."   My comments are placed
>>> after the poem - see below.  I have  attached it with this message.
>>>
>>> Lynda River  Woman
>>>
>>> Lynda Lambert
>>> 104 River  Road
>>> Ellwood City, PA 16117
>>>
>>> 724 758  4979
>>>
>>> My Blog:   http://www.walkingbyinnervision.blogspot.com
>>> My Website:   http://lyndalambert.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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