[stylist] Poem for Nebraska friends

[Lynda Lambert]

I have been sifting through all my poems and organizing them, and trying to 
figure out which ones need to be put onto the computer - found this one, and 
others from our trip west in Sept. 1991. I had just finished up my MFA 
degree, went for the summer to Europe as a gift to myself for achieving this 
goal, and then came back to PA, packed up my little 300ZX sports car, and we 
left for CA. We rode a lot of the way with the T-top out of the car. We 
stopped a lot along the way, enjoying the roadside attractions. All the 
while, I am writing, writing, writing. Trying to catch all the details I 
could with my senses - to later make the poem. I think I actually wrote the 
poem initially as we drove, and then I did the revisions later on. It has 
been published a couple of times.

Lynda




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jacqueline Williams" <jackieleepoet at cox.net>
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Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2013 12:31 PM
Subject: Re: [stylist] Poem for Nebraska friends


> Lynda,
> I have taken the liberty of printing your poem for my poetry class 
> teacher,
> Pauline Mouncy, who was born and raised on a Nebraska farm. Much of her
> poetry is about the childhood, and the history of Nebraska. She published,
> "The Lucid Stone," for years.
> My experience with Nebraska was driving across it at over 70 miles per 
> hour
> for a summer job from college back east, in Wyoming. The main thing I
> remember is the flat uninteresting landscapes and the turtles crossing the
> highway and trying to avoid them. Later I took the train and after trying 
> to
> appreciate it, I read a book.
> It is nice to hear a more interesting viewpoint on it. Also, increased 
> years
> add to the appreciation of habits and the history of all inhabitants of 
> any
> state. Thank you.
> Jackie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Lynda 
> Lambert
> Sent: Monday, March 25, 2013 9:39 AM
> To: Writer's Division Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [stylist] Poem for Nebraska friends
>
> Attached is "Nebraska" a poem.
> I wrote this poem as I traveled by car across Nebraska on my way to 
> Silicone
> Valley, California - in 1991.
> I found it as I am sifting through my poetry archives. I did a bit of
> tweaking to tighten it up today - thus the copyright change from 1999 to
> 2013.
>
> As we traveled my husband was driving and as we crossed over one state 
> after
> another, I was jotting down imagery and notes that later were crafted into
> poems.
>
>
> Lynda
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