[stylist] Morning Hour

[Lynda Lambert]

Jackie,

Thanks for the words - it's always good to get your "take" on things and I 
appreciate it. I know you truly understand the "blizzard of words."  It 
confronts us every day.  S. I. Hayakawa called it the "Niagara of Words." 
in his book  _Language in Thought and Action_  in the early 70s  which was 
required reading for any English major at that time. Such thoughts  leave 
lasting impressions on us - it comes to us when we are working on our own 
projects many decades later. It's simply impossible for us to leave our past 
behind us - we are there; located in our past while  in our present; and in 
contemplating our future. Lynda

I was thinking early this morning about this poem - the scene is the same 
here right now - frigid and lots of snow.

But, I was think about the amount of time it takes to create a work of art 
or a piece of literature. It is Time, and lots more time. I said I first 
wrote this poem 12 years ago. If you were to read it, you would find only 
some images there in that early poem. It was not yet "time" for me to fully 
understand the images that I wrote at that time.  It takes a life time, 
maybe more, to even begin to understand the gifts of images we have been 
given. Twelve years later, I have lived long enough to go back and begin to 
see things anew - a closer look  and one I was unable to see at that time. 
Everything excellent takes time - and passages of the soul who is making 
those things; I think of  fine wines; the best liquors;  the Classics, in 
literature,art, music;  memorable stories that never become outdated;  and 
people.


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: Wednesday, January 02, 2013 1:31 PM
Subject: Re: [stylist] Morning Hour


> Lynda,
> This is a poem of mindful contrasts. From the starkly cold inside to the 
> icy
> outside and the life in both, the little bird outside, the blizzard of 
> words
> inside. So apt for finally making that blizzard achieve a higher purpose.
> The transition in the last three lines caused a disconnect in me from the
> present to historical time. It gives a different perspective to a 
> wonderful
> poem. A bouquet of words is a thought to remember.
>
> Just an aside, I am glad I live in Arizona.
> Jackie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Lynda 
> Lambert
> Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2013 9:05 AM
> To: Writer's Division Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [stylist] Morning Hour
>
> Happy New Year.
> I spent the first hours of the day writing this poem. I took a poem from
> about 12 years ago and completely reworked it. I have attached it.
>
> I will put it here in the text, but I am sure it won't read properly this
> way.
> Lynda
>
> Morning Hour
>
>
>
>            In the early morning hour
>
> a nippy breeze
>
>            wrapped  around my bare feet
>
>            like  soft gray cashmere clouds.
>
>
>
>
>
>            My own reflection
>
>            slowly materialized-
>
> I was exposed, naked,
>
> on a clear icy glass
>
>            surface.
>
>
>
>
>
>            Outside the frozen windowpane,
>
>            an icicle boundary
>
>            surrounded my view
>
>            of the aging Douglas Fir.
>
>
>
>
>
> I turned for a closer look
>
>            through the silent porthole
>
>
>
>
>
>            Quick movements
>
>            in the shadow
>
>            revealed
>
>            one tiny  ruffled bird,
>
>            a solo performer
>
>            hunkered down, deep,
>
>            on snow-clogged branches.
>
>
>
>
>
>            Inside this room,
>
>            a blizzard-
>
>            a scattering of words still lingered-
>
>            Waited  to be gathered,
>
>            In a winter bouquet-
>
> written on a page,
>
>            in spite of the bitter cold.
>
>
>
>            We have been here
>
> for a thousand years
>
> In the early morning hour.
>
>
>
>
>
> Lynda Lambert, BFA, MA, MFA
> 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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