[stylist] Poem My Vault of Unseen Colors

[Barbara HAMMEL]

I refrained from commenting earlier because the first time Iread it I thought not much of this offering but now that I've read it again I DO realize the wonder of it. Morna, I've saved 5 of your poems to add to my "other writers" poetry. I do very much enjoy your poems -- which shows that I'm broadening my horizons since you write free verse. :) You, Lynda and Jackie write wonderfully.
(LOL! My only disappointment about this poem is that purple, pink and orange were missing by name.)
Barbara

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> On Oct 4, 2014, at 18:51, Jackie Williams via stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Myrna,
> I regret that it has taken me this long to comment on your superb poem. It
> is almost overwhelming with its personification of colors, and the
> realization that these are remembered, and kept in a vault as treasures.
> It makes me want to ask you a million questions. 
> I am one of the fortunate ones for whom the vault has not yet closed. But
> almost week by  week, those colors are dimming without recognition of the
> hues, and shades. I have an aide who helped me put matching jewelry into
> plastic bags on which I use a "pen-friend" which tells me the color, and
> whether it is made by someone I know, and the date. I have always tried to
> be perfectly coordinated with everything on me, so it is a bitter pill. 
> You, obviously, at some point had full vision to remember the colors in such
> a personal way related to the entire outdoors and emotions as well.
> I would like to know your background in writing poetry. Did you take
> classes, go to workshops, get a degree?
> And how would you feel about me copying this poem and taking it to my poetry
> class to share with my fellow poets in my critique group. Our first meeting
> this fall is this coming Tuesday. While they have some insight into the
> blind because of me, but not nearly enough to recognize how creative the
> blind can be.
> I hope you are consistently getting better and closer to having your
> computer. 
> 
> With admiration,
> Jackie
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of myrnaspoetry
> via stylist
> Sent: Monday, September 29, 2014 5:06 AM
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> Subject: [stylist] Poem My Vault of Unseen Colors
> 
> Last night at our meeting we talked about colors and I wanted to share this
> poem I'd written some time ago. Hope it is enjoyed. I wish I could send it
> as attachment but I do not have access to my computer yet. 
> Myrna
> 
> Vault of Unseen Colors
> 
> I open the door to my vault
> of unseen colors using imagination's
> key and I find myself in awe
> and wonderment at the many treasures
> I have gathered over the years,
> the mysticism and the stark reality,
> the grace of blue, its penchant for peace,
> and the voracious appetite of red with its
> livid caricature in times of anger.
> I stumble across the many shades of green, 
> breathing in its promise of renewal.
> I touch the playfulness of yellow and the glory of cerise, the
> invitation of black and white,
> and I smile at the seemingly
> dull surprises of brown and gray,
> and with faith renewed I sort through
> the depths of every memory, the images
> and echoes, the ocean's changing hues and seasonal 
> paintings upon a mountain, the building
> of a night sky and a waking dawn,
> the shadows of rainbows
> and the portraits drawn by racing clouds.
> 
> My memory vault is overflowing and yet
> I cannot, nor will not, divide those special 
> moments into slots of importance for each
> owns a significant place within the heart and
> my vault would not be the same 
> without them, whether they are flawed 
> or remembered
> in pristine perfection. 
> 
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