[stylist] Re Poems about weather

[EvaMarie Sanchez]

Barbara, I think the pronunciation is often lightning, but for the spelling
it is more literal. Think of the sky being lightened, to lighten the sky
with a flash. That is what lightening is.
Eve

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On Fri, Aug 14, 2015 at 6:57 AM, Barbara HAMMEL via stylist <
stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Is is a regional thing or are both spellings correct? I see many folks
> here writing lightening but I thought it was spelling lightning. When I was
> that age, Lynda, I was afraid of the thunder but loved the lightning. It
> wasn't until I understood what lightning was that I tried to convince
> myself to be the other way.
> Barbara
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Aug 14, 2015, at 08:36, Lynda Lambert via stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> wrote:
> >
> > thanks for your comments, Sm.  I wrote it as I remembered it - I was
> probably about 4 or 5  years old and quite afraid of lightening as it
> flashed all around us on that porch.  The new refrigerator must have been
> really important to me, since I wanted to know if it could go with  us when
> we died - from the lightning, I suppose. I know by the date of publication
> that I wrote this poem in grad school. Lynda
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message----- From: Semirhage via stylist
> > Sent: Friday, August 14, 2015 12:46 AM
> > To: Writers' Division Mailing List
> > Cc: Semirhage
> > Subject: Re: [stylist] Re Poems about weather
> >
> > Linda,
> > I liked the poem. Oddly I was picturing the scene of the rocking chair
> and
> > you in our father's lap s a child, and it felt so warm and summer like
> and
> > peaceful and pleasant that I was surprised a little to see that you were
> > frightened by the storm. If that was the intent, cool, and if you wanted
> it
> > to come across more frightening in the beginning to convey that, maybe
> more
> > dark undertones or something. Not sure maybe it's just me as I like the
> rain
> > in the summer especially.
> > Funny about the refrigerator and taking it with you when you die as I
> loved
> > that bit as being a young minded thing we can likely all relate to as
> > children. The want to do something like that and attachment to things in
> > such a way that we want it with us even in the beyond...Like the Ancient
> > Egyptians and other cultures believed/felt always and that's why they
> buried
> > with them so many worldly possessions.
> > This poem was neat for me as I did actually have something to ad about
> it.
> > Many are behind me, escaping either praise or criticism as I know they're
> > just beyond me and though that's not  bad, it doesn't allow me to speak
> > constructively on it either. I think I'm careful of that due to a
> > educational situation that happened to my husband and I a few years sago
> at
> > our local writer's group meeting. The guy trying to critique a fantasy
> story
> > we'd begun held the entire thing up with thoughts and comments that were
> not
> > helpful and made no sense because he was a realistic fiction writer and
> knew
> > nothing about fantasy. HE admitted as much, but another author
> interrupted
> > him to say anything you're telling them to clarify wouldn't be necessary
> to
> > a fantasy reader and anyone reading this would be. I.E the things he
> wanted
> > clarified wouldn't need to be to anyone reading it with an interest in
> such,
> > so it was hindering more than anything. I feel the same when it comes to
> > most poetry and that's why I don't comment about it, not feeling apt
> enough
> > to do so.
> > Sem
> > I'm friends with the monster that's under my bed.
> > I get along with the voices inside of my head.
> >
> >
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