[Stylist] A sample of my poetry

Wed Sep 2 18:47:15 UTC 2020

Shane and Barbara

I’m glad you two do great work with rhymes.  When I do poetry, it tends to be free verse.  The object is usually not to follow a form, but to be vivid and evocative.  As with anything else, this clicks better for some works than for others.

I started out writing science fiction, than picked up poetry as a sideline (sometimes when the stories don’t flow the verse will.

Anyway, let me add my welcome to all the new members.  My name is Shawn Jacobson and I am the treasurer of the writer’s division.  This means, that once a year, you will see a missive from me about dues.  I just did it recently (so you won’t se another one for a while.

Shawn

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Barbara, that's so neat and thank you for your response! Let me know if you find any interesting new ideas. I will do the same! Have a good day all of you on the list!

On Wed, Sep 2, 2020, 12:10 PM Barbara HAMMEL via Stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org<mailto:stylist at nfbnet.org>> wrote:

Shane! You pretty much explained exactly how I write in the format I usually write.
I'm Barbara, one of the members of the division. My main writing is poetry. I'm a published book wannabe. I've had a few poems published. I, too, am trying to branch out into other forms beside the quatrain that rhymes lines 2 and 4 and has around 7 or 8 syllables per line.
Welcome to all of you new members!
Barbara Hammel

On Sep 1, 2020, at 20:49, Shane Facer via Stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org<mailto:stylist at nfbnet.org>> wrote:

Here is a small sample of what I write. I love writing poems to bless others, be it birthdays, anniversaries, and any other engagements. I also write faith poetry as the spirit gives to me.

I recently began looking at different facets of poetry such as different formats other than the one I steadily use. It is very enlightening and inspiring to write words and rhymes using them to bless others excites me. It also gives me something to do. I would one day love to publish some of my poetry in a book or in others’ publications. I would even love to work for a card company making poems for birthday and Christmas holidays. Looking forward to interacting with this group and learning new ideas and sharing some of my own. Here is the poem. Thanks:

ABOUT MY POEMS-

MY POETRY IS FOR ALL, TO PASS ON AND ENJOY.
I DO NOT TAKE IT LIGHTLY; IT’S A TOOL NOT A TOY.
I APPLY MY UNDERSTANDING OF ALL I SEE AROUND;
OF COURSE, IT IS THE WORD OF GOD THAT KEEPS MY MIND SO SOUND.
THE LORD HAS GIVEN TO ME, THE WONDERFUL GIFT OF RHYME;
I USE IT TO BLESS OTHERS DURING MORE THAN MY SPARE TIME.
SEE, I PUT ASIDE SOME TIME EACH AND EVERY DAY,
TO LOOK INTO GREAT WAYS TO SAY THE WORDS I SAY.
AND AS HARD AS IT IS TO KEEP TRACK OF OTHER’S SPECIAL DATES,
I USUALLY FIND A WAY ON TIME, BUT OFTEN I AM LATE.
YOU SEE, MORE THAN USUAL, I’M AWAKENED IN THE NIGHT-
THE SPIRIT GIVES ME A VERSE OR SCRIPTURE, THAT IS OFTEN JUST SO RIGHT.
SO FOR THAT I KEEP A NOTEBOOK, RIGHT BESIDE MY BED:
TO WRITE THE WORDS ON PAPER, BEFORE THEY LEAVE MY HEAD!
AND I BEGIN TO WRITE, EACH VERSE UPON SOME PAPER,
AND GO WITH THE FLOW, BUT THE SPIRIT, DOES NOT ALLOW ME TO TAPER.
BUT RATHER GIVES ME INSIGHT, EXPLODING WITH CHOICES OF WORDS.
I OFTEN COME UP WITH MY OWN IDEAS, BUT THOSE ARE FOR HE BIRDS!
I LISTEN TO THE SPIRIT AND OFTEN AS ODD AS IT SOUNDS,
BUT I CONTINUE TO WRITE MORE WORDS AND HE BRINGS THINGS AROUND.
OFTEN THE POEMS ARE A PAGE, OR MAYBE A LITTLE LONGER;
MANY TIMES I GET AN EPIPHANY, AND GET ONE SO MUCH STRONGER.
LIKE ONE TIME I WROTE ONE FOR JENNIE. I CALLED IT MY MASTERPIECE;
I BEGAN LIFTING HER UP, AND THE RHYMES, THEY NEVER DID CEASE.
ALSO OFTEN I’LL HEAR A WORD AND MY MIND WILL GET EXCITED;
FOR IT HAS AN IDEA THAT RHYMES WITH IT, AND IN VERSE CAN BE UNITED.
SO I QUICKLY WRITE IT DOWN, AND NO COINCIDENCE, GUESS WHAT?
I USE IT TO FINISH A POEM WHERE I HAD GOTTEN IN A RUT.
SO JUST LIKE IN LIFE, IF YOU LISTEN, TO WHAT THE SPIRIT TELLS YOU TO DO,
MANY THINGS COME TO PASS, AND THE BLESSINGS ARE MORE THAN A FEW.
BY THE WAY, YOU TWO, I THANK YOU
FOR GIVING ME INSPIRATION TO WRITE,
POEMS LIKE THIS ONE THAT ARE:
AWESOME AND OUT OF SIGHT!

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ENCOURAGEMENT,
                               GOD BLESS YOU!

                                                         -SHANE FACER

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