[stylist] A poem

Sat May 19 17:45:50 UTC 2012

Wow!  I loved this but the phrase that gave me  that 'doggone, I wish I'd 
written that' moment is    "I've cupped your sound in my hands and inhale 
it."  Loved  that!

In a message dated 5/19/2012 12:40:41 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
the_crowd at cox.net writes:

I'd like  to share a poem with you that I wrote not too long ago.

Your  Name

Remember my hands on your face, my mouth against yours,  our hearts 
slamming 
with thunder, trying to meet? Was there a battle  raging beyond the trees? 
Was my claiming of you a brutal sin? Oh how the  fires burn so golden red.

And in my blood, your name. Whisper  it to me now, invisible chain at my 
heart.  I shall plunder innocent  and evil alike to know it.

What is that you say? Is that a tiny  frown between your brows? Yes, oh 
yes, 
I shall spare the innocent. A  scholar of light that I am.

Spare the innocent at what end?  Merely for reference, heart, I assure  you.

Emptiness?

Remember, loyal one, I've still  lessons to learn. Martyrdom is perhaps 9, 
10 
lives beyond  now.

I have studied honor at your feet, and have been found  worthy. So, as you 
spill your bright knowing into my awareness, I spare  the innocent. 
Kittens, 
babies, indigos alike.

Does this  mean I may plunder the evil, twice?

Oh say yes, heart, say  yes.

A warrior must have purpose, and I must have my  muse.

So, amuse me and I shall slay your demons. I shall  conquer your enemy, 
your 
bones of lives past.

Bare your  nape for my teeth, put palms to mine. I must know you from the 
inside,  breathe in my skin. Our communion.

I hear you calling, I've  cupped your sound in my hands and inhale it. In 
my 
waking dreams I speak  you close, closer, until your lips taste me.

Atty , April 8  2012 4:8 AM

----- Original Message  ----- 
From: "Lynda Lambert" <llambert at zoominternet.net>
To:  "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday,  May 19, 2012 7:42 AM
Subject: Re: [stylist] Haiku and  Haibun

> You raised questions about Haiku and Haibun. I was  curious too, so I did 
a 
> bit of research this morning.
>
>  Here are some links for each poetic form. From there, you can follow 
other  
> links in areas you might be interested in.
>
>  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haibun
>
>
>  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiku
>
> Haibun means  "writings"
> Haiku means "verse"
>
> There is a sound link  with the definition of Haiku so you can her how to 
> pronounce it  correctly in Japanese.  OK, NOW, I will try to say it 
>  RIGHT...lol
>
> Thanks for bringing this up - I think I will do  some work in Haibun - I 
> have done a lot of Haiku over the past 25  years but I have never done 
> anything in Haibun. I have tried to  follow the original format for the 
> Haiku I have written, using the  correct meter, and with every one 
focusing 
> on an image of the season,  yet without mention of that particular 
season. 
> It is NOT Easy to  do!
>
> The book I have from Basho was a gift long ago - given to  me by a friend 
> in my poetry group. She passed away, and this little  book is a treasure 
> for me.
>
> Lynda River  Woman
>
> I have a lovely book Oku no Hosomichi (Narrow Road to  the Interior) by 
> 17th century Japanese poet, Matsuo Basho, who was  one prominent early 
> writer of haibun. He wrote some haibun as travel  accounts during his 
> various journeys. His compositions are devoted to  travel  and some 
> character sketches, landscape scenes, anecdotal  vignettes and occasional 
> writings written to honor a specific patron  or event.
>
>
> Lynda Lambert
> 104 River Road
>  Ellwood City, PA 16117
>
> 724 758 4979
>
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> My  Website:   http://lyndalambert.com
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