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1. Re: New poem (Barbara Hammel via stylist)
2. Re: Does anyone know of any online writing classes?
(Bridgit Pollpeter via stylist)
3. Re: New poem (Jackie Williams via stylist)
4. Writers' division May-June Telephone Gathering - Special
Guest - A Federationist, a published Author
(Robert Leslie Newman via stylist)
5. Re: New poem (Barbara Hammel via stylist)
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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 28 May 2014 11:07:59 -0500
From: Barbara Hammel via stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org>
To: "Jacobson, Shawn D" <Shawn.D.Jacobson at hud.gov>, "Writer's Division
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Subject: Re: [stylist] New poem
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I'm impressed with myself! I figured that out ... but then, I'm from
Iowa.
:)
(Sorry, I've had so much fun learning to smile and frown for sighted folks
that I can't help writing them.) Maybe I'll teach JAWS to recognize it as
such.
And, no, it is spelled Veishea. For those of you wondering about it,
here's
a bit from Wikipedia for you.
Barbara
The VEISHEA logo displays many traditions of the celebration of and Iowa
State University
VEISHEA (pronounced "VEE-sha"[1]) is an annual week long celebration held
each spring on the campus of Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. The
celebration features an annual parade and many open-house demonstrations
of
the university facilities and departments. Campus organizations exhibit
products, technologies, and hold fund raisers for various charity groups.
In
addition, VEISHEA brings speakers, lecturers, and entertainers to Iowa
State, and throughout its over eight decade history it has hosted such
distinguished guests as Bob Hope, John Wayne, Tony Bruno, Presidents Harry
Truman, Ronald Reagan, and Lyndon Johnson, and performers Diana Ross,
Billy
Joel, Sonny and Cher, the Goo Goo Dolls and The Black Eyed Peas.[2]
VEISHEA
is the largest student run festival in the nation, bringing in tens of
thousands of visitors to the campus each year.
The name of the festival is an acronym for the colleges of the university
that existed when the festival was founded in 1922:
Veterinary Medicine
Engineering
Industrial Science
Home Economics
Agriculture.
As the colleges have since been changed, the Iowa State Daily considers it
no longer an acronym, and spells it Veishea, with only the first letter
capitalized. Official university paraphernalia regarding the event still
puts it in full caps.
Writing free verse is like playing tennis with the net down.--Robert Frost
-----Original Message-----
From: Jacobson, Shawn D via stylist
Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2014 6:42 AM
To: 'Ashley Bramlett' ; 'Writer's Division MailingList'
Subject: Re: [stylist] New poem
Yes
"Children of the storm" is the name of the poem.
The celebration is Veisha (I believe this is spelled right) that is a
annual
celebration at Iowa State University. This year, it degenerated into a
drunken riot and was canceled; that is what the poem is about. I happened
to be in Iowa visiting relatives when it happened and was in Ames the day
before and the day after the riot.
Also, the school nickname is "Cyclones". This was part of the inspiration.
Thanks for reading the poem and for feeling it was worth asking about.
Shawn
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From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ashley
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Sent: Monday, May 26, 2014 7:39 PM
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Subject: Re: [stylist] New poem
to clarify, is it called children of the storm?
Which celebration is this meant to refer to?
-----Original Message-----
From: Jacobson, Shawn D
Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2014 12:18 PM
To: 'Writer's Division Mailing List (stylist at nfbnet.org)'
Subject: [stylist] New poem
Below find a new poem I wrote just recently. I hope you like it.
Shawn
Children of the Storm
After the fury, silence
the restaurant talk is subdued
on the morning after.
With dull fear and jagged shock
we survey the ruin, the riot storm
set loose the night before.
The feast day shattered, sundered
by their stormy rage.
Darkly I wonder why
what dread spirit turned
this celebration dark, a dread cyclone.
Fierce, angry like dangerous weather,
and bid them caper before the storm
destroying with senseless rage
the celebration made for them
in honor of this place.
What should I say now?
I came here to eat, not judge.
Yet I cannot stay aloof,
removed from all of this.
These cyclonic rioters are mine
my people, my tribe.
So I must own the shock,
the rage, the storm.
So I to must ponder
such dark enchantments
that call the storm from within
the anger and the rage,
the destroying fury of the storm
for I must own the cyclone in my soul
That sunders sanity leaving only shards.
In the storm's shadow
we have unleashed our violence.
We are spent cyclones.
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Date: Wed, 28 May 2014 15:25:00 -0500
From: Bridgit Pollpeter via stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org>
To: "'Natalie Barrett'" <hawaiianstar at gmail.com>, "'Writer's Division
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Subject: Re: [stylist] Does anyone know of any online writing classes?
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Natalie,
First, most creative writing programs are fine arts degrees, unless in
the English department, then you would receive a BA as opposed to a BFA.
Second, you will have to Google and research online classes.
Most schools offer online classes for many things, but creative writing,
it may depend. I have a BFA in creative writing, and none of the classes
for my major were available online. Can you actually attend a university
or college? With creative writing, it's best to be in an environment
where you can share and discuss writing in person with your peers.
There are also writing classes available online that are not university
or college based but just out there to help writers. Like I said, you
need to Google it.
Bridgit
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From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Natalie
Barrett via stylist
Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2014 8:44 PM
To: stylist at nfbnet.org
Subject: [stylist] Does anyone know of any online writing classes?
Hello all,
It's been awhile since I'm checked in. I'm still attempting to write,
get an MA in creative writing, etc.
But as my subject line asks, I'm wondering if anyo of you know of any
online writing classes? I apologize if this subject has already been
brought up.
I have opened my file again with the rehab for the blind, and I have a
very supportive counselor. It's re-kindled my thoughts of taking online
writing classes, etc. Not just for fiction writing, but classes to help
with writing in general. Things that could encompass journalism, screen
writing, etc. I'm looking to get experience mainly, and I'm hoping
perhaps some classes might help.
Anything is an option. If it's with a college or university that's a
distance class, that might be an option too.
If anyone can help, please elt me know. I appreciate anything sent my
way.
Thank you,
Natalie
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Date: Wed, 28 May 2014 18:19:13 -0700
From: Jackie Williams via stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org>
To: "'Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [stylist] New poem
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Shawn,
Your poem and Barbara's comments were a complete shock to me. In 1947 I
attended Iowa State College. My father had gotten his doctorate there, in
Chemical Engineering. I enrolled in Home Economics, failed chemistry loved
the Campanile in the center of the beautiful campus, and the tea dances at
the student union. Somehow, rage does not equate at all with my memories'
did not graduate from there, but quit for two years to work out west, and
returned to Syracuse for my undergraduate degree in '52. You must be a
graduate of Iowa State. Lots of my family history is in Iowa.
A good graphic and harrowing poem.
Jackie Lee
Time is the school in which we learn.
Time is the fire in which we burn.
Delmore Schwartz
-----Original Message-----
From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jacobson,
Shawn D
Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2014 9:19 AM
To: 'Writer's Division Mailing List (stylist at nfbnet.org)'
Subject: [stylist] New poem
Below find a new poem I wrote just recently. I hope you like it.
Shawn
Children of the Storm
After the fury, silence
the restaurant talk is subdued
on the morning after.
With dull fear and jagged shock
we survey the ruin, the riot storm
set loose the night before.
The feast day shattered, sundered
by their stormy rage.
Darkly I wonder why
what dread spirit turned
this celebration dark, a dread cyclone.
Fierce, angry like dangerous weather,
and bid them caper before the storm
destroying with senseless rage
the celebration made for them
in honor of this place.
What should I say now?
I came here to eat, not judge.
Yet I cannot stay aloof,
removed from all of this.
These cyclonic rioters are mine
my people, my tribe.
So I must own the shock,
the rage, the storm.
So I to must ponder
such dark enchantments
that call the storm from within
the anger and the rage,
the destroying fury of the storm
for I must own the cyclone in my soul
That sunders sanity leaving only shards.
In the storm's shadow
we have unleashed our violence.
We are spent cyclones.
_______________________________________________
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Date: Wed, 28 May 2014 21:22:24 -0500
From: Robert Leslie Newman via stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org>
To: "'writers nfb'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Subject: [stylist] Writers' division May-June Telephone Gathering -
Special Guest - A Federationist, a published Author
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Hi you all- Join us and meet a long-time Federationist and published author
RE: We have combined our May&June telephone gatherings- Date Sunday June
1st
Here are the important facts you need to get on this call:
Date: June 1st (This coming Sunday)
Time: 8:30 ET; 7:30 CT; 6:30 MT; 5:30 PT
Phone#: 1-712-432-0460
Access Code: 568839Pound
(Note: We are combining these two months for the reason, the last Sunday of
May is part of a holiday weekend; we have learned over the years, that a
holiday weekend is not good for a telephone gathering. And in regards to
June, the last Sunday is a travel day for many of our members, as they are
on the move to convention in Orlando.)
About our special guest:
Lauren Merryfield has written since she was ten years old. She won second
place in two essay contests in high school. She kept a diary for years,
which was good writing practice. Many of her articles appeared in The
Braille Monitor, Future Reflections and Walking Alone and Marching
Together.
One of her articles became the title to the first Kernel book: "what color
is the sun."
More recently, Lauren has had two books published. The first was "there's
more than one way to love a cat: my kitty journal in haiku," about all of
the cats who have lived with her through the years. Her recent book,
"there's more than one way to be okay: a blind woman's PURRspective on
life"
is mostly about blindness issues and is partly autobiographical in nature.
Of course the cats have their own chapter. Lauren is currently in the
process of having an audiobook version of this book recorded, with an added
epilogue.
Lauren self-published both of her books. She has a website, and is selling
them on amazon.com. I have sold some by word of mouth and at craft fairs.
Purchase my new book: there's more than one way to be okay at:
http://www.TheresMoreThanOneWay.com
Robert Leslie Newman
Personal Website-
<http://www.thoughtprovoker.info/> http://www.thoughtprovoker.info
President, NFB Writers' Division
Division Website-
http://writers.nfb.org
Chair, NFB Communications Committee
Vice President, Nebraska Senior Division
First Vice President, Omaha Chapter
Commissioner, Nebraska Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired
NFB Employment committee Co-Chair
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Message: 5
Date: Wed, 28 May 2014 21:54:02 -0500
From: Barbara Hammel via stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org>
To: "Jackie Williams" <jackieleepoet at cox.net>, "Writer's Division
Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [stylist] New poem
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And it may not have been in that era but now it's just an excuse to get
totally plowed and act stupid. They stopped it for a few years just
because
of what happened this year.
Barbara
Writing free verse is like playing tennis with the net down.--Robert Frost
-----Original Message-----
From: Jackie Williams via stylist
Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2014 8:19 PM
To: 'Writer's Division Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [stylist] New poem
Shawn,
Your poem and Barbara's comments were a complete shock to me. In 1947 I
attended Iowa State College. My father had gotten his doctorate there, in
Chemical Engineering. I enrolled in Home Economics, failed chemistry loved
the Campanile in the center of the beautiful campus, and the tea dances at
the student union. Somehow, rage does not equate at all with my memories'
did not graduate from there, but quit for two years to work out west, and
returned to Syracuse for my undergraduate degree in '52. You must be a
graduate of Iowa State. Lots of my family history is in Iowa.
A good graphic and harrowing poem.
Jackie Lee
Time is the school in which we learn.
Time is the fire in which we burn.
Delmore Schwartz
-----Original Message-----
From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jacobson,
Shawn D
Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2014 9:19 AM
To: 'Writer's Division Mailing List (stylist at nfbnet.org)'
Subject: [stylist] New poem
Below find a new poem I wrote just recently. I hope you like it.
Shawn
Children of the Storm
After the fury, silence
the restaurant talk is subdued
on the morning after.
With dull fear and jagged shock
we survey the ruin, the riot storm
set loose the night before.
The feast day shattered, sundered
by their stormy rage.
Darkly I wonder why
what dread spirit turned
this celebration dark, a dread cyclone.
Fierce, angry like dangerous weather,
and bid them caper before the storm
destroying with senseless rage
the celebration made for them
in honor of this place.
What should I say now?
I came here to eat, not judge.
Yet I cannot stay aloof,
removed from all of this.
These cyclonic rioters are mine
my people, my tribe.
So I must own the shock,
the rage, the storm.
So I to must ponder
such dark enchantments
that call the storm from within
the anger and the rage,
the destroying fury of the storm
for I must own the cyclone in my soul
That sunders sanity leaving only shards.
In the storm's shadow
we have unleashed our violence.
We are spent cyclones.
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