[stylist] Poem & Co9mments

[Rebecca DeGeorge]

On 12/8/17, Jacobson, Shawn D via stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Linda
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> Thank you for the season's greetings.  And I wish the same to you.
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> Currently, I am refurbishing one of my older stories to see if Bewildering
> Stories wants it.  Once that is done, I look forward to doing new stuff.
> Note that this isn't going fast due to the Holiday season, but it is going.
>
> Thank you for asking about us.
>
> Shawn
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Linda Lambert
> via stylist
> Sent: Friday, December 08, 2017 10:35 AM
> To: 'Writers' Division Mailing List' <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: llambert at zoominternet.net
> Subject: Re: [stylist] Poem & Co9mments
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> Season's Greetings to our friends at NFB Writer's Division
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> What are you working on today in your writing life?
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> My intentions for today are focused on writing an article for a magazine
> which I promised would be finished for them today. I must START it now!
> I'll be writing with a focus on the idea of gifting books to our friends and
> family for Christmas  or special days. Of course, I'll focus on books by
> visually challenged authors.
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> Meanwhile, I wanted to share a winter-themed poem that will be published in
> the Winter Issue of The Avocet, a print literary magazine. This will be my
> second time to have my work in this beautiful volume. The poem is "January
> Scene, " and it is printed below for your enjoyment. At the end I wrote a
> few words about the poem and my inspiration for it.
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> January scene
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> dull morning light
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> blurs the overview -
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> rows of worn-out mailboxes
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> rusted red, grey-green,
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> hoary weathered metal,
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> one is newly painted
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> optimistic silver.
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> across the street
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> bare maple branches grasp curled-up
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> leaves trapped in wintry spines
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> like a torn umbrella, partly opened.
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> my body aches
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> moves slowly beneath
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> a hand-stitched cotton quilt
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> where two lovers sleep
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> entwined through-out
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> a frigid January night.
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> sheltering pines in the early fog
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> embrace neighbouring houses.
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> A yellow one lurks
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> behind an ancient blue spruce
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> nearly twice its height.
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> A burnt-orange house broods
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> in the distance between
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> rows of naked maple trees.
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> ***
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> Comments:
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> I wrote this poem a number of years ago and recently, I revised it slightly
> and sent it off to the editor of The Avocet.
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> My inspiration for the poem was just a look out my window on a snowy winter
> morning. I love writing about ordinary and mundane things we are witness to
> every day. As poets, we stand as a witness to the time and place in which we
> live.  This is our foot print on the snow-covered pathways of our life.
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> Lynda Lambert
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> , Visual Artist & Author
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> Author of Concerti: Psalms for the Pilgrimage,Available on Amazon.com
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> Author of Walking by Inner Vision: Stories & Poems (go to Author's Page to
> order this book)
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> Website & Blog: :  <http://www.lyndalambert.com/> www.lyndalambert.com
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> Author's Page:  <http://www.dldbooks.com/lyndalambert/>
> http://www.dldbooks.com/lyndalambert/
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> And God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate
> the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons, and for
> days and years. Genesis 1:14 (NES)
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> . I love writing about ordinary and mundane things we are witness to every
> day. As poets, we stand as a witness to the time and place in which we
> live.
> This is our foot print on the snow-covered pathways of our life.
>
> ~ Lynda McKinney Lambert
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> Author of Concerti: Psalms for the Pilgrimage,Available on Amazon.com
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> Author of Walking by Inner Vision: Stories & Poems (go to Author's Page to
> order this book)
>
> Website & Blog: :  <http://www.lyndalambert.com/> www.lyndalambert.com
>
> Author's Page:  <http://www.dldbooks.com/lyndalambert/>
> http://www.dldbooks.com/lyndalambert/
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> And God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate
> the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons, and for
> days and years. Genesis 1:14 (NES)
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Linda, is your poem in an online periodical? If so, may we have the link to it?

Thanks for posing your "Writing Life" questions. And happy holidays to all!