[stylist] stylist Digest, Vol 126, Issue 10
EJ Kobek
ejkobek at gmail.com
Fri Oct 10 21:21:30 UTC 2014
Hi, there,
I've been lurking a bit, reading posts, a newcomer...not sure how/when to
pop in, and I've been wanting to comment on your poem, Myrna...I think it's
beautiful. I love the image of a vault - for its strength and
protectiveness of things that matter...the idea of an overflowing vault is
very sweet. I found myself swaying as I read it, a feeling of being lulled.
It reminded me of the moment at age twelve when I couldn't quite recall
what the color tan was like...But I glad to know what Snoopy looked like.
I still have some vision, but it's broken up....Anyhoo, thank you for the
sweet and strong gift....
Best,
Helen
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> 1. Re: story questions (Chris Kuell )
> 2. Re: Poem My Vault of Unseen Colors- for MYRNA (myrnaspoetry)
> 3. Re: Poem My Vault of Unseen Colors- for MYRNA (myrnaspoetry)
> 4. Re: Poem My Vault of Unseen Colors- for MYRNA (Barbara Hammel)
> 5. A great article about Braille for older adults from our
> newest Stylist member (Applebutter Hill)
> 6. poetry group opportunity (Barbara Hammel)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2014 09:30:25 -0400
> From: "Chris Kuell " <ckuell at comcast.net>
> To: "'Barbara HAMMEL'" <poetlori8 at msn.com>, "'Writer's Division
> Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [stylist] story questions
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> Hi Barbara,
>
> I think Donna gave an excellent answer to your question, plus some good
> strategy thoughts. I've read about authors who come up with an idea, or a
> character, and just sit down and start writing to see what happens. Others
> carefully plan out a plot and an outline, and fill it in. I tend to fall in
> between, meaning I think out my story, then sit to write it, and sometimes
> it changes, and I just go with it. But there's only one way to find out
> what
> works best for you, and that's to sit and write.
> Good luck,
>
> Chris
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2014 08:41:05 -0500
> From: myrnaspoetry <myrnaspoetry at yahoo.com>
> To: Jackie Williams <jackieleepoet at cox.net>, Writer's Division Mailing
> List <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [stylist] Poem My Vault of Unseen Colors- for MYRNA
> Message-ID: <53E47DE2-A6B8-466A-AB11-0EE07E556017 at yahoo.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Oct 8, 2014, at 11:40 AM, Jackie Williams via stylist <
> stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >
> > Lynda,
> > This is a spectacular vision of Myrna's poem I loved it from the start,
> but even more now. As a poet, I thank you for taking the time and effort to
> really feel this poem and share your translation of it with all of us.
> >
> > Jackie
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Lynda
> Lambert via stylist
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2014 5:19 PM
> > To: Barbara HAMMEL; Writer's Division Mailing List
> > Subject: Re: [stylist] Poem My Vault of Unseen Colors- for MYRNA
> >
> >
> > I'll be lazy and tag onto this, Myrna. Here's to you!
> >
> > Hi Myrna,
> > I wanted to write about this poem but needed lots of time to read it
> through
> > many times and dwell on it. I am a very slow reader when it comes to
> poetry.
> > I have to read a poem countless times before I can begin to put it
> together.
> > That is, if there is something there that is necessary to spend time
> > thinking about for so long. This certainly is one of those poems ? I have
> > carried it in my mind since the first reading of it. Tonight, it is dark
> > and raining, and I am quite tired. It was the perfect time to reflect and
> > write a few words on the poem. Here is what I thought about as I read it
> > again this evening. Because I hold poetry in such a high place, I
> normally
> > have to think about it a lot -
> > Vault of Unseen Colors
> >
> > As the poem opens, I feel like I am seated in a dark theater and
> watching as
> > the curtain begins to rise so slowly. It is a feeling that I am
> standing
> > there with you as you open the curtain and on the stage, is a vault.
> Just
> > a vault. Nothing more. It stands in the center of the bare stage. We are
> > quiet, and we wait to see what comes next.
> > The word "vault" is so significant, I think, to where you are going in
> > this piece.
> > To my mind, a ?vault? is a much stronger word than if you had put
> your
> > colors in a box or a trunk. You gave me a new notion of keeping things
> safe
> > and a place for holding prized things. A vault reminds me of something
> that
> > is kept safely locked up, as a wall of metal safe deposit boxes in a
> > ank - or the larger vault where the bank would keep money, and other
> costly
> > items. One has to have a key and legal access to enter into it. I
> think it
> > gives the idea of maximum security for treasures. But it is always
> ?entered
> > into? when one goes to a vault - I thought o f this poem a couple days
> ago,
> > as I entered into the vault to get my safe deposit box out to check on
> some
> > contents - I envisioned your "vault" in the poem as I stood there waiting
> > for the person to unlock the box and leave me alone with it.
> > The idea of the colors being ?unseen? strikes me, too. It makes me muse;
> > Would a color be a visable, physical color if it was not visually seen?
> > Because I have a very long visual memory of colors, I cannot really
> think in
> > any other way. I have no idea what a ?color? signifies to one who has
> never
> > seen a color. Just to mention a color makes me feel it, smell it, hold
> it,
> > embrace it. And, I wonder, is it this way for a person who have not had
> the
> > experiences with color, and how does it differ?
> >
> > The treasures here, put in the vault, have been garnered over a period of
> > time ? like a ?collector? who brings precious coins, or gems, or money to
> > their personal bank vault ? to keep it all safe from theft or loss. I
> get
> > the idea that the persona once knew colors intimately, but now does not,
> > since the colors are called ?unseen.? But, then, all colors are unseen
> > because they exist in the imagination of us all. The treasures are
> elements
> > of imagination ? the mysteries we can all gather and store no matter
> what.
> > When you begin to name colors, I can feel them as I read. The ?grace of
> > blue? brings to my mind a holiness, a sacred object ? peacefulness of
> > mysteries.
> > And, the ?red? you describe is so powerful. It propels the motions
> and
> > movements of ?green.? Renewal of spring; renewal of Nature or of the
> Earth.
> > The red of fire and flames and the phoenix of life that emerges from it.
> > Like a brilliant red bud that I can reach for and in the process fall
> into
> > the foliage that surrounds it.
> >
> > I will end here. I love it! Lynda
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Barbara HAMMEL via stylist
> > Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2014 12:05 AM
> > To: Jackie Williams ; Writer's Division Mailing List
> > Subject: Re: [stylist] Poem My Vault of Unseen Colors
> >
> > 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
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> >> 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
> >> To: Writer's Division Mailing List
> >> 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.
> >>
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> Writers Division web site
> >> http://writers.nfb.org/
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>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2014 08:42:55 -0500
> From: myrnaspoetry <myrnaspoetry at yahoo.com>
> To: Jackie Williams <jackieleepoet at cox.net>, Writer's Division Mailing
> List <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [stylist] Poem My Vault of Unseen Colors- for MYRNA
> Message-ID: <37B3B767-33A8-4308-9055-8E0DCCC43696 at yahoo.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
>
> To Jackie and Lynda
> Thank you so very much for these kind words. You both have made my day and
> made me smile.
> Myrna
>
>
>
> > On Oct 8, 2014, at 11:40 AM, Jackie Williams via stylist <
> stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >
> > Lynda,
> > This is a spectacular vision of Myrna's poem I loved it from the start,
> but even more now. As a poet, I thank you for taking the time and effort to
> really feel this poem and share your translation of it with all of us.
> >
> > Jackie
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Lynda
> Lambert via stylist
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2014 5:19 PM
> > To: Barbara HAMMEL; Writer's Division Mailing List
> > Subject: Re: [stylist] Poem My Vault of Unseen Colors- for MYRNA
> >
> >
> > I'll be lazy and tag onto this, Myrna. Here's to you!
> >
> > Hi Myrna,
> > I wanted to write about this poem but needed lots of time to read it
> through
> > many times and dwell on it. I am a very slow reader when it comes to
> poetry.
> > I have to read a poem countless times before I can begin to put it
> together.
> > That is, if there is something there that is necessary to spend time
> > thinking about for so long. This certainly is one of those poems ? I have
> > carried it in my mind since the first reading of it. Tonight, it is dark
> > and raining, and I am quite tired. It was the perfect time to reflect and
> > write a few words on the poem. Here is what I thought about as I read it
> > again this evening. Because I hold poetry in such a high place, I
> normally
> > have to think about it a lot -
> > Vault of Unseen Colors
> >
> > As the poem opens, I feel like I am seated in a dark theater and
> watching as
> > the curtain begins to rise so slowly. It is a feeling that I am
> standing
> > there with you as you open the curtain and on the stage, is a vault.
> Just
> > a vault. Nothing more. It stands in the center of the bare stage. We are
> > quiet, and we wait to see what comes next.
> > The word "vault" is so significant, I think, to where you are going in
> > this piece.
> > To my mind, a ?vault? is a much stronger word than if you had put
> your
> > colors in a box or a trunk. You gave me a new notion of keeping things
> safe
> > and a place for holding prized things. A vault reminds me of something
> that
> > is kept safely locked up, as a wall of metal safe deposit boxes in a
> > ank - or the larger vault where the bank would keep money, and other
> costly
> > items. One has to have a key and legal access to enter into it. I
> think it
> > gives the idea of maximum security for treasures. But it is always
> ?entered
> > into? when one goes to a vault - I thought o f this poem a couple days
> ago,
> > as I entered into the vault to get my safe deposit box out to check on
> some
> > contents - I envisioned your "vault" in the poem as I stood there waiting
> > for the person to unlock the box and leave me alone with it.
> > The idea of the colors being ?unseen? strikes me, too. It makes me muse;
> > Would a color be a visable, physical color if it was not visually seen?
> > Because I have a very long visual memory of colors, I cannot really
> think in
> > any other way. I have no idea what a ?color? signifies to one who has
> never
> > seen a color. Just to mention a color makes me feel it, smell it, hold
> it,
> > embrace it. And, I wonder, is it this way for a person who have not had
> the
> > experiences with color, and how does it differ?
> >
> > The treasures here, put in the vault, have been garnered over a period of
> > time ? like a ?collector? who brings precious coins, or gems, or money to
> > their personal bank vault ? to keep it all safe from theft or loss. I
> get
> > the idea that the persona once knew colors intimately, but now does not,
> > since the colors are called ?unseen.? But, then, all colors are unseen
> > because they exist in the imagination of us all. The treasures are
> elements
> > of imagination ? the mysteries we can all gather and store no matter
> what.
> > When you begin to name colors, I can feel them as I read. The ?grace of
> > blue? brings to my mind a holiness, a sacred object ? peacefulness of
> > mysteries.
> > And, the ?red? you describe is so powerful. It propels the motions
> and
> > movements of ?green.? Renewal of spring; renewal of Nature or of the
> Earth.
> > The red of fire and flames and the phoenix of life that emerges from it.
> > Like a brilliant red bud that I can reach for and in the process fall
> into
> > the foliage that surrounds it.
> >
> > I will end here. I love it! Lynda
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Barbara HAMMEL via stylist
> > Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2014 12:05 AM
> > To: Jackie Williams ; Writer's Division Mailing List
> > Subject: Re: [stylist] Poem My Vault of Unseen Colors
> >
> > 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
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> >> 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
> >> To: Writer's Division Mailing List
> >> 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.
> >>
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> Writers Division web site
> >> http://writers.nfb.org/
> >> stylist mailing list
> >> stylist at nfbnet.org
> >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/stylist_nfbnet.org
> >> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
> >> stylist:
> >>
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> >>
> >>
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> Writers Division web site
> >> http://writers.nfb.org/
> >> stylist mailing list
> >> stylist at nfbnet.org
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> >
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> Message: 4
> Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2014 10:50:39 -0500
> From: "Barbara Hammel" <poetlori8 at msn.com>
> To: "myrnaspoetry" <myrnaspoetry at yahoo.com>, "Writer's Division
> Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [stylist] Poem My Vault of Unseen Colors- for MYRNA
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> I also envisioned you looking into a vault but then just walking into
> it
> and lovingly picking up each memory and examining it ... like I sometimes
> do
> with the dolls in my doll collection.
> Barbara
>
>
>
>
> Writing free verse is like playing tennis with the net down.--Robert Frost
> -----Original Message-----
> From: myrnaspoetry via stylist
> Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2014 8:42 AM
> To: Jackie Williams ; Writer's Division Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [stylist] Poem My Vault of Unseen Colors- for MYRNA
>
> To Jackie and Lynda
> Thank you so very much for these kind words. You both have made my day and
> made me smile.
> Myrna
>
>
>
> > On Oct 8, 2014, at 11:40 AM, Jackie Williams via stylist
> > <stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >
> > Lynda,
> > This is a spectacular vision of Myrna's poem I loved it from the start,
> > but even more now. As a poet, I thank you for taking the time and effort
> > to really feel this poem and share your translation of it with all of us.
> >
> > Jackie
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Lynda
> > Lambert via stylist
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2014 5:19 PM
> > To: Barbara HAMMEL; Writer's Division Mailing List
> > Subject: Re: [stylist] Poem My Vault of Unseen Colors- for MYRNA
> >
> >
> > I'll be lazy and tag onto this, Myrna. Here's to you!
> >
> > Hi Myrna,
> > I wanted to write about this poem but needed lots of time to read it
> > through
> > many times and dwell on it. I am a very slow reader when it comes to
> > poetry.
> > I have to read a poem countless times before I can begin to put it
> > together.
> > That is, if there is something there that is necessary to spend time
> > thinking about for so long. This certainly is one of those poems ? I have
> > carried it in my mind since the first reading of it. Tonight, it is dark
> > and raining, and I am quite tired. It was the perfect time to reflect and
> > write a few words on the poem. Here is what I thought about as I read it
> > again this evening. Because I hold poetry in such a high place, I
> normally
> > have to think about it a lot -
> > Vault of Unseen Colors
> >
> > As the poem opens, I feel like I am seated in a dark theater and watching
> > as
> > the curtain begins to rise so slowly. It is a feeling that I am
> standing
> > there with you as you open the curtain and on the stage, is a vault.
> > Just
> > a vault. Nothing more. It stands in the center of the bare stage. We are
> > quiet, and we wait to see what comes next.
> > The word "vault" is so significant, I think, to where you are going in
> > this piece.
> > To my mind, a ?vault? is a much stronger word than if you had put
> > your
> > colors in a box or a trunk. You gave me a new notion of keeping things
> > safe
> > and a place for holding prized things. A vault reminds me of something
> > that
> > is kept safely locked up, as a wall of metal safe deposit boxes in a
> > ank - or the larger vault where the bank would keep money, and other
> > costly
> > items. One has to have a key and legal access to enter into it. I think
> > it
> > gives the idea of maximum security for treasures. But it is always
> > ?entered
> > into? when one goes to a vault - I thought o f this poem a couple days
> > ago,
> > as I entered into the vault to get my safe deposit box out to check on
> > some
> > contents - I envisioned your "vault" in the poem as I stood there waiting
> > for the person to unlock the box and leave me alone with it.
> > The idea of the colors being ?unseen? strikes me, too. It makes me muse;
> > Would a color be a visable, physical color if it was not visually seen?
> > Because I have a very long visual memory of colors, I cannot really think
> > in
> > any other way. I have no idea what a ?color? signifies to one who has
> > never
> > seen a color. Just to mention a color makes me feel it, smell it, hold
> it,
> > embrace it. And, I wonder, is it this way for a person who have not had
> > the
> > experiences with color, and how does it differ?
> >
> > The treasures here, put in the vault, have been garnered over a period of
> > time ? like a ?collector? who brings precious coins, or gems, or money to
> > their personal bank vault ? to keep it all safe from theft or loss. I
> get
> > the idea that the persona once knew colors intimately, but now does not,
> > since the colors are called ?unseen.? But, then, all colors are unseen
> > because they exist in the imagination of us all. The treasures are
> > elements
> > of imagination ? the mysteries we can all gather and store no matter
> what.
> > When you begin to name colors, I can feel them as I read. The ?grace of
> > blue? brings to my mind a holiness, a sacred object ? peacefulness of
> > mysteries.
> > And, the ?red? you describe is so powerful. It propels the motions
> > and
> > movements of ?green.? Renewal of spring; renewal of Nature or of the
> > Earth.
> > The red of fire and flames and the phoenix of life that emerges from it.
> > Like a brilliant red bud that I can reach for and in the process fall
> into
> > the foliage that surrounds it.
> >
> > I will end here. I love it! Lynda
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Barbara HAMMEL via stylist
> > Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2014 12:05 AM
> > To: Jackie Williams ; Writer's Division Mailing List
> > Subject: Re: [stylist] Poem My Vault of Unseen Colors
> >
> > 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
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> >> 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
> >> To: Writer's Division Mailing List
> >> 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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> Message: 5
> Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2014 14:00:38 -0400
> From: Applebutter Hill <applebutterhill at gmail.com>
> To: "'Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: [stylist] A great article about Braille for older adults from
> our newest Stylist member
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> Hi All,
> I was surfing the internet and found this article about learning Braille as
> an older adult by Helen Kobeck, who just introduced herself to the list a
> few days ago. It's from the National Braille Press's Inside NBP blog.
>
> http://nationalbraillepress.wordpress.com/2014/04/22/minding-your-ps-and-qs-
> learning-braille-as-an-older-adult/
> Enjoy,
> Donna
>
>
> -- The Heart of Applebutter Hill - a novel on a mission:
>
> http://DonnaWHill.com <http://donnawhill.com/>
>
>
>
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> Message: 6
> Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2014 20:04:28 -0500
> From: "Barbara Hammel" <poetlori8 at msn.com>
> To: <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: [stylist] poetry group opportunity
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> A friend and I are thinking about putting together a poetry group and were
> wondering if anyone here would be interested in joining us. If you are,
> write me offline at poetlori8 at msn.com
> Barbara Hammel
>
> Writing free verse is like playing tennis with the net down.--Robert Frost
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