[stylist] Haiku to Spring

Thu Mar 7 14:35:13 UTC 2013

Justin,
It is very good - go for it!
You are a grad student; the world is wide open to you now to pursue your 
dreams.

Lynda

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "justin williams" <justin.williams2 at gmail.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2013 7:44 AM
Subject: Re: [stylist] Haiku to Spring

> That sounds incredible.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Mary-Jo 
> Lord
> Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2013 7:12 AM
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> Subject: Re: [stylist] Haiku to Spring
>
> Hi Linda,
>
> That sounds very nice.
>
> Mary-Jo
>
>
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> From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Lynda 
> Lambert
> Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2013 7:57 PM
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> Subject: Re: [stylist] Haiku to Spring
>
> Mary Jo,
> My retirement was not a planned one. In my profession there are so many
> perks, most professors do not retire until well after others. My sight 
> loss
> five years ago gave me the LEAP into retirement - but it is one of the 
> most
> positive things in the long view. I would never have retired at age 64
> because my job was wonderful - summers in Europe, lots of publications and
> speaking at conferences, and so many great classroom times with students. 
> I
> was one of the lucky ones who taught interdisciplinary studies across
> disciplines.
>
> Now, my life is also very good - with mornings at the gym with no hurries 
> to
> go home and then off to work every day. I write till after 1 in the
> afternoons, then the rest of the day is art making in the studio - that is
> my typical kind of day. Retirement is fulfilling in an entirely new way.
>
> Lynda
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mary-Jo Lord" <mjfingerprints at comcast.net>
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> Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2013 7:38 PM
> Subject: Re: [stylist] Haiku to Spring
>
>
>> Hi Linda,
>>
>> I can't wait for retirement, so I can concentrate on my writing and
>> organize what I have written.  I have a long wait though.
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Lynda
>> Lambert
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2013 9:52 AM
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>> Subject: Re: [stylist] Haiku to Spring
>>
>> thanks, Mary Jo.
>> I am currently trying to begin the work of putting my writing archives
>> together - and came across this one.
>> It is really enlightening and fun to be doing a project like this - I am
>> finding work and publications of my work long forgotten. Glad I am 
>> retired
>> and can now do this.
>> Lynda
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Mary-Jo Lord" <mjfingerprints at comcast.net>
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>> Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2013 10:04 PM
>> Subject: Re: [stylist] Haiku to Spring
>>
>>
>>> Hi Linda.
>>>
>>> Nice Haiku.
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Lynda
>>> Lambert
>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2013 10:36 AM
>>> To: Writer's Division Mailing List
>>> Subject: Re: [stylist] Haiku to Spring
>>>
>>> It is a sunny but brisk morning here in PA. Birds are singing and the 
>>> sky
>>> is
>>> a blue that tells us winter has just about ended. I am sending out a
>>> HAIKU
>>> poem for a day such as this.
>>>
>>> Haiku, traditionally, always has a "season" implied as a theme in the
>>> poem.
>>> The season can me mentioned, or it can be implied by other choice words
>>> within the format of the Haiku.  Here is one I wrote about this time of
>>> year, in 2004. I place 3 periods/spaces after each of the lines in hopes
>>> it
>>> will read well on JAWS.
>>> _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
>>>
>>> (Title) . . Spring Haiku . . .
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Bright saffron flowers . . .
>>>
>>> disrupted crystal blankets  . . .
>>>
>>> to announce, "It's Spring!" . . .
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Lynda
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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