[stylist] Poem & Co9mments

Mon Dec 11 13:19:41 UTC 2017

Barbara

Good luck with your project.  We need good Christian writing so that the world understands that we are culturally aware.

Shawn

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Subject: Re: [stylist] Poem & Co9mments

I saw an exercise in a book suggesting that you write five or more poems on the same topic so I am writing poems about God's gift of dying on the cross for our sins to give us eternal life. I have thus far written a sestina, rondeau, villanelle and a ballade.  I've just come up with the thought of maybe doing a pantoum. I'm not sure how many more forms I want to try before moving on to the next exercise that looks interesting.

Barbara Hammel

> On Dec 8, 2017, at 16:47, Linda Lambert via stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Shawn,
> Because I am a visual artist, I have a keen sense of colour and its 
> nuances in every sort of light or darkness.
> While I no longer see colors with my eyes, it is deeply imbedded in my 
> entire body. Color is physical and initiative.
> When I was fully sighted - for 64 years - I worked initiatively and 
> chose my colours by just a touch of my hands on the tubes of paint or 
> the jars of printing inks.
> I do the same when I write.  Often, I am told that my poems and essays 
> are paintings done with words. This is the greatest compliment I can 
> receive for this is exactly what I am doing when I write. I close my 
> eyes and I paint what I see - with words.
> 
> Yes The Avocet is Nature-based poetry only. Nature has been my MUSE my 
> entire  life.
> Thanks for asking. 
> And, I am very happy to hear you are getting your work out and getting 
> published. Let your light shine!
> 
> Lynda
> 
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> Jacobson, Shawn D via stylist
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> 
> Linda
> 
> I'm no professional judge, but I did like the poem.  I is amazing that 
> a poem that starts with the word "Dull" can paint such a vivid word picture.
> 
> Also, I'm curious, does "The Avocet" print any kind of poetry, but do 
> they specialize in nature poems?
> 
> Shawn
> 
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> Lambert via stylist
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> 
> 
> Season's Greetings to our friends at NFB Writer's Division
> 
> 
> 
> What are you working on today in your writing life?
> 
> 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.
> 
> 
> 
> 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 -
> 
> rows of worn-out mailboxes
> 
> rusted red, grey-green,
> 
> hoary weathered metal,
> 
> one is newly painted
> 
> optimistic silver.
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> across the street
> 
> bare maple branches grasp curled-up
> 
> leaves trapped in wintry spines
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> like a torn umbrella, partly opened.
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> my body aches
> 
> moves slowly beneath
> 
> a hand-stitched cotton quilt
> 
> where two lovers sleep
> 
> entwined through-out
> 
> a frigid January night.
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> 
> sheltering pines in the early fog
> 
> embrace neighbouring houses.
> 
> A yellow one lurks
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> behind an ancient blue spruce
> 
> nearly twice its height.  
> 
> A burnt-orange house broods
> 
> in the distance between
> 
> rows of naked maple trees.
> 
> ***
> 
> Comments:
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Lynda Lambert
> 
> , Visual Artist & Author
> 
> 
> 
> Author of Concerti: Psalms for the Pilgrimage,Available on Amazon.com
> 
> 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/
> 
> 
> 
> 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)
> 
> 
> 
> . 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
> 
> 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/
> 
> 
> 
> 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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