[Stylist] Winning Poem

[Barbara HAMMEL]

Wow! Lynda, thanks for that insight. It's amazing that you have memories from being that young. I I wrote of my first memory it would be so boring. I was drinking a baby bottle of orange juice and my oldest sister, who had just had her tonsils out, was playing under the dining room table. I remember nothing more of it, no feelings, no thoughts. Just that picture.  Barbara Hammel

> On Jul 27, 2018, at 18:00, Linda Lambert via Stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Hi Writing Friends at the Division:
> 
> Recently, I received a letter in the mail that announced my poem selection,
> "Minotaur," as winning the Honorable Mention Award in this year's contest.
> 
> Of course, I am delighted to learn this.
> 
> 
> 
> I am particularly delighted because this poem is so deeply personal.  It was
> written in the past year - in my 74th year of life.
> 
> My desire in writing this poem, was to put into words a memory I had from a
> time when I did not yet know language or could not speak.
> 
> I was an infant in my crib, and it was during WWII, as my mother and my aunt
> took care of me.  Their husbands were in Europe, drafted into the Army.
> 
> My father left when I was 2 weeks old. He returned  after I was 2 years old.
> The poem describes the sights, sounds, and fears of living during the
> nightly blackouts.  I never asked my mother about my memories until I was
> about 50 years old.  She brought new information to my memories that
> enlightened me. But, I chose to write the poem only from my earlies memories
> and well before the time when I understood what I saw and heard.
> 
> 
> 
> You can read it on my blog at:  http://www.lyndalambert.com/minotaur-poem/
> 
> I also give you a sound recording of me reading the poem on this blog
> article.
> 
> I hope you enjoy the poem.
> 
> I also hope you write about your own first memories. And, if you do,  I'd
> like to read your poem or story.
> 
> Lynda Lambert
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