[stylist] Lynda's Tips for Successful Sestinas

[Lynda Lambert]

Jackie,
I do not remember a sestina that you contributed?
How did I miss that?
Can you send it to me?
Sometimes I miss attachments so maybe that is what happened. I would have 
commented, I am sure, if I had read it. So sorry.

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: "Jacqueline Williams" <jackieleepoet at cox.net>
To: "'Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2012 2:43 PM
Subject: Re: [stylist] Lynda's Tips for Successful Sestinas


> Lynda,
> I have studied your tips and find it novel in a few respects, that is not
> exactly fitting the definition. While I am aware that it does not have to 
> be
> iambic or pentameter, it does seem to insist on a particular meter and
> length in each line. In other words, one line may not have four meters of
> iambic, and the next three meters of trochaic.
> I would like your comments on this as well as the other's poet's
> understanding this quality of a sestina.
> To me the challenge is not only making the line ending come out 
> contributing
> to terrific content, but keeping a consistent pattern in the lines.
> The sestina I submitted to this group had one comment, and it made me know
> the message of the content did not at all come through. It somehow got
> translated as having to do with my son dying, and had nothing to do with 
> him
> at all. So I know I have much work to do.
> However I would like clarification on the rules first.
> Thanks, Jackie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Lynda Lambert
> Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 6:49 AM
> To: Writer's Division Mailing List
> Subject: [stylist] Lynda's Tips for Successful Sestinas
>
> I have attached a document with my tips for writing a good Sestina poem. 
> I
> think it is an exciting form of poem and have written and had published 
> many
> Sestinas.
> Hope this helps you in your own journey.
> Lynda
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> Lynda Lambert
> 104 River Road
> Ellwood City, PA 16117
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> 724 758 4979
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> My Blog:  http://www.walkingbyinnervision.blogspot.com
> My Website:  http://lyndalambert.com
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