[stylist] To Ashley...Re: Icicles and Myrna
KajunCutie926 at aol.com
KajunCutie926 at aol.com
Fri May 18 14:37:32 UTC 2012
Very true Lynda. I believe the words poetry or poem can send an otherwise
very enlightened and well read person into a frozen tundra of fear. LOL
I find poetry a challenge but ironically short stories and such are even
more so for me. I have also given this following advice as a writer to
other writers. Do not concern yourself so much with how your poem will be
interpreted. Just find joy that it has been interpreted at all. The reader
brings their own experience and you, as the writer, merely bring the words.
Never be put off if the interpretation is not quite what you had in mind.
We give our words to be shared. Be content with that. Always remember that
we may write for ourselves but so too does the reader read for themselves.
Professor T (it's the only name he wanted to be called LOL) was a
wonderful mentor. I saw him once a few years after college and he asked if I had
found that 'pen' yet. I was holding the hands of two young children at the
time so he just smiled and said when the time is right I would. He has
since passed away but I believe that wherever he is, I have made him proud.
In a message dated 5/18/2012 9:17:17 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
llambert at zoominternet.net writes:
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>
To: <stylist at nfbnet.org>
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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