[stylist] Re Poems about weather

Fri Aug 14 15:25:32 UTC 2015

Lynda, I had to reread your poem after all of the comments.
I really saw something more in it. A child trying to hold onto what she
knows, what is comfortable, while being faced with extreme conditions. As
you grew and put these words down, you were still trying to hold onto
something that made you feel good, but were able to find that goodness in
the extremes.  No matter how frightening things may have been, your true
memory is the comfort and love you felt in your father's lap.
You then carried that forward as an adult who knows that things happen,
there is terror in the world and life can be dangerous. Your granddaughter,
is safe though and will remain so as your father, who represents all of the
ancestors, is holding her as well.
Even in the deepest and harshest storms, we are never alone if we keep a
connection with our pasts and those who came before us. The refridgerator,
to me, represented simplicity of a child's mind, the physical rather than
the mediphysical that you recognize in later years.
I love incorporating weather in my work, because it is always there...
hmmm, like the ancestors. But I found this piece about so much more than
just the weather. I think it is symbolic of a little piece of your soul.
Eve

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On Fri, Aug 14, 2015 at 8:10 AM, EvaMarie Sanchez <3rdeyeonly at gmail.com>
wrote:

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