[stylist] sestina stretch
Myrna Badgerow
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Mon Aug 10 20:48:46 UTC 2015
That was great Brigit!!! I was trying so hard to keep mind from going there but warped as it is, it went there anyway.. huge grin here
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> On Aug 10, 2015, at 3:46 PM, Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter via stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> I do what I can to provide the laughs, smile.
>
> Bridgit
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> Badgerow via stylist
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> 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:
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>> 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
>>
>> President, National Federation of the Blind Northern Arizona
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>> Member, National Federation of the Blind Legislative Committee
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>> "You do not need to have vision to see the stars."
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>> On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 11:16 AM, Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter via
>> stylist < stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>>> 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
>>>
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>>> EvaMarie Sanchez via stylist
>>> Sent: Monday, August 10, 2015 1:12 PM
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>>> 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
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>>>> 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
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>>>> Member, National Fedecration of the Blind Legislative Committee
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