[stylist] sestina stretch

Mon Aug 10 18:11:57 UTC 2015

I have taken all of these words in, to heart. I love writing sestinas and
have been having fun with the cinquains. But never have I had one go so
many directions. As looking through things in my mind, I do think I have
multiple pieces here and perhaps they are not all sestinas. I am not going
to rush anything though. That is when they get lost. I mean to say, I am
not lost in their travels, but the words become muddled and lose clarity. I
do not want that to happen.
I am also working on a piece that I hope to get done and in time for
publication in the next issue of Tapestry, one of my endeavors.
I will share that when I feel it is ready and hope that I could get some
feedback on it before sending to the world.
I always appreciate what you all have to say. It is fertilizer for my
growth.
Eve

 President, National Federation of the Blind Northern Arizona
President, National Federation of the Blind Writers' Division
Committee Chair, Arizona Association of Guide Dog Users
Affiliate Member, National Federation of the Blind Legislative Committee
Affiliate Member, National Federation of the Blind Membership Committee
Member, Slate & Style Editing Team

"You do not need to have vision to see the stars."

On Sun, Aug 9, 2015 at 2:21 PM, Lynda Lambert via stylist <
stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Jackie,
> Well, Jackie, as always you have a way of nailing down all the comments so
> well.  Writing a sestina is my favorite kind of poem to write - but I am
> also in love with the "small" poems - and the tanka is so exquisite as well
> as the haiku - - but  so darn hard to write! It is so far beyond the little
> syllable counting directions that we all know about - so much more than
> that, and so much unwritten aspects of the forms that I am just beginning
> to grasp.  I am only in pre-school  at writing  these  Japanese forms. But,
> I want to learn so much more.  They are like trying to paint a very tiny,
> exquisite painting - so difficult to not get tangled  in details.
> You would not consider me very good at anything today - I have just
> meandered around, walking dogs, doing a little bit of paperwork, and that
> is about it for my day.  We all have such days, I imagine. Every day cannot
> be a "high voltage" day, but I do  thrive on high voltage days  the best.
> On the in-between days, I feel adrift and a bit unraveling. I need to write
> a poem about that - maybe.  Lynda
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Jackie Williams via stylist
> Sent: Sunday, August 09, 2015 3:51 PM
> To: 'Writers' Division Mailing List'
> Cc: Jackie Williams
> Subject: Re: [stylist] sestina stretch
>
> EvaMarie,
> I have read to the end of this thread. To me, the sestina is one of the
> most
> difficult form poems to write, and the fact that you got into it and
> doubled
> the length is something of a miracle.
> Of course, I consider Lynda the master of this form, so how can you go
> wrong
> with her suggestions. Also, Barbara has an interesting strategy.
> But the comment that I like the most is Lynda's when she just picks words
> and puts them down with the faith that they will come to have their own
> story and meaning when finished.
> In my poetry group, whenever the teacher wants a new and creative response
> from the group, she assigns a random word poem. Sometimes it has ten words,
> sometimes, twenty. This has brought some remarkable poetry from me as well
> as the others who take this challenge.
> Like Barbara, you can write a sequence that is double in length, if this is
> what turns out.
> Good luck, and my admiration.
>
> 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 EvaMarie
> Sanchez via stylist
> Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2015 9:46 PM
> To: Writer's Division Mailing List
> Cc: EvaMarie Sanchez
> Subject: [stylist] sestina stretch
>
> I was just working on a sestina when I noticed that I had been carried away
> with the words. I came to a stop and went to the top to start counting
> stanzas. Somehow I had completely lost count and had nearly doubled my
> required length. Oops!
> I felt the safest thing for me to do at that point was to close it out and
> return to it later when it will be less a thing of passion. In this way, I
> hope to be able to look at it critically and do what must be done. Perhaps
> I will find two sestinas there. I did not even do a read through at that
> point.
> Has this ever happened to any of you?
> Eve
>
> President, National Federation of the Blind Northern Arizona
> President, National Federation of the Blind Writers' Division
> Committee Chair, Arizona Association of Guide Dog Users
> Affiliate Member, National Fedecration of the Blind Legislative Committee
> Affiliate Member, National Federation of the Blind Membership Committee
> Member, Slate & Style Editing Team
>
> "You do not need to have vision to see the stars."
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