[stylist] sestina stretch

Mon Aug 10 19:37:25 UTC 2015

I am rolling over here? Why? Because the thought crossed my mind but i was going to keep my mouth shut. Lol lol I just cant now. Laughing a whole lot more.  
Myrna

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> On Aug 10, 2015, at 1:56 PM, EvaMarie Sanchez via stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Yeah, I knew it sounded bad, but I am soo-o-o bad. Nah, I figured you would
> get it, cuz seriously, what plants grow without fertilizer? hahah
> Eve
> 
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> "You do not need to have vision to see the stars."
> 
> On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 11:16 AM, Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter via stylist <
> stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
>> So what we say is shit For your growth, ha-ha! Love it! Sorry, couldn't
>> resist. Back from traveling and a little loopy, smile.
>> 
>> Bridgit
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of EvaMarie
>> Sanchez via stylist
>> Sent: Monday, August 10, 2015 1:12 PM
>> To: Writers' Division Mailing List <stylist at nfbnet.org>
>> Cc: EvaMarie Sanchez <3rdeyeonly at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [stylist] sestina stretch
>> 
>> 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
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