[stylist] Poem inspired by Dante/

[Lynda Lambert]

Thanks so much Jackie!
Interesting, because today I took that same 3 mile walk. I have only done it 
twice now, since I lost my eyesight. I have been wanting to do it again, by 
myself and I hope to do it this summer.  I did a one mile walk around a 
nearby neighborhood - I was so happy with myself.  I took one of my dogs and 
set off.  Near the end of the walk, a man passed me. He knew me, and 
remarked "It is so nice to see you out walking this morning."  He knows who 
I am and he knows my story, I recognized his voice.  I cam back from that 
walk with a new determination to do the three mile walk. It is rugged - 
first mile all uphill; second mill downhill. Third mile along the river 
through the woods.

I came back from that 3 mile walk this morning and wrote down some of the 
images and things I remembered. I am going to write another poem - about the 
early morning walk. Soon!

Dante' wrote a masterpiece that once you have read it you will never forget 
it - it is stunning! You would absolutely love it.  It is akin to the Greek 
poet, Homer's epics, but he was Italian and wrote an Italian epic. I have 
always been so fascinated with imager of the unerworld and the idea of 
passage into the underworld - so this poem is a reflection of those ideas in 
many ways.
I have stood in the Bapistry in Florence where Dante was baptized as a young 
man, and saw the wild images in mosaic that he would have been familiar 
with - you can see them all in his Epic.  Wonderful stuff.


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>
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Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2012 7:14 PM
Subject: Re: [stylist] Poem inspired by Dante/


> Lynda,
> I love this  poem. It seems to me a villanelle except minus the rhyme
> pattern. It expands my vision to know that this can be done with such good
> result.
> This will cause me to Google Dante. So much of what you write keeps me
> moving on in search of new worlds of form and words to express these 
> worlds.
> Jackie
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Behalf Of Lynda Lambert
> Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2012 6:36 AM
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> I am attaching a poem I wrote after coming home from a very early morning
> walk. I live in a rural area and my 3 mile walk brought me in a circle 
> every
> morning.  I was inspired by images from my morning walk, and images in my
> mind as I had been reading Dante' and was teaching his work in one of my
> courses on Medieval Literature.
> AKA Durante Alighieri
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> Born: 1265
> Birthplace: Florence, Italy
> Died: 14-Sep-1321
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> Lynda River Woman
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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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