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<p class="MsoNormal">My dog points<br>
straining at the lead.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">She sees squirrels.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dogs are always good for Haiku.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Shawn<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Stylist <stylist-bounces@nfbnet.org> <b>On Behalf Of
</b>Linda Lambert via Stylist<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, March 25, 2020 8:57 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'Writers' Division Mailing List' <stylist@nfbnet.org><br>
<b>Cc:</b> llambert@zoominternet.net<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Stylist] Poem and Tips<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZW"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-ZW">morning haze<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-ZW">red-breasted robins<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-ZW">daffodils<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-ZW"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-ZW">*<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZW"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZW">I posted this on my FB Timeline and Pages today. With people staying at home and taking care of the children, I thought it would be a good activity to do with the children – but even if you are alone, it is fun to do.
Write a Haiku Poem Today! I’ve been on a HAIKU WRITING BINGE for the past couple of weeks – and this season seems to be particularly inspiriting. (Is that a word? If not, it’s a great new one to me.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZW"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZW">This HAIKU is from my morning walk with my dogs.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZW">I wrote some posts for my Face Book Pages to encourage the writing of HAIKU wherever you are.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZW">This is a great activity to do with the kids or by yourself as we stay in our homes and do our part to help in the crisis right now.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZW"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:inherit;color:#1C1E21;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW">STAYING AT HOME WITH THE KIDS? Here is something you can DO TOGETHER. It is FREE, and you need nothing more
than a piece of paper and a pencil or pen.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:inherit;color:#1C1E21;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW">And, your observation skills.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:inherit;color:#1C1E21;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW">-<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:inherit;color:#1C1E21;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:inherit;color:#1C1E21;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW">Let's write a HAIKU POEM today!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:inherit;color:#1C1E21;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW">Turn off the TV and keep your focus on the unique day that we can celebrate. This is a perfect SPRING DAY
- birds are singing and calling to each other. The mist is refreshing the entire landscape and the little spring plants are beginning to pop up from beneath the dull brown leaves that kept them protected during winter. Take a WALK outside and GATHER some INFORMATION
- and when you come BACK INSIDE, you can WRITE a HAIKU POEM about your experience.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:inherit;color:#1C1E21;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW">-<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:inherit;color:#1C1E21;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:inherit;color:#1C1E21;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW">HAIKU is a celebration of NATURE and SEASONS.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:inherit;color:#1C1E21;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:inherit;color:#1C1E21;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW">Write a HAIKU of CELEBRATION wherever you are..<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:inherit;color:#1C1E21;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:inherit;color:#1C1E21;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW">It is a 3-line poem -<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:inherit;color:#1C1E21;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:inherit;color:#1C1E21;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW">Line 1: 3 syllables<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:inherit;color:#1C1E21;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW">Line 2: 5 syllables<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:inherit;color:#1C1E21;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW">Line 3: 3 Syllables<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:inherit;color:#1C1E21;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:inherit;color:#1C1E21;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW">Tips for writing a Haiku.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:inherit;color:#1C1E21;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:inherit;color:#1C1E21;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW">First:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:inherit;color:#1C1E21;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW">Focus on a SEASON. You will be painting a picture of some aspect of that SEASON with just 3 lines of words.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:inherit;color:#1C1E21;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:inherit;color:#1C1E21;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW">Second:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:inherit;color:#1C1E21;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW">Choose words that will REVEAL the SEASON. Just don't name the SEASON or MONTH. Your 3 lines will make a picture
of that season or month.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:inherit;color:#1C1E21;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:inherit;color:#1C1E21;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW">Third:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:inherit;color:#1C1E21;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW">You have a limited syllable count, (3 - 5 - 3 )<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:inherit;color:#1C1E21;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW">Carefully chosen words will make a picture of the season.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:inherit;color:#1C1E21;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:inherit;color:#1C1E21;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW">Don't waste the syllable count on little words that don't help to paint the picture.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:inherit;color:#1C1E21;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:inherit;color:#1C1E21;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW">I never use words such as: me, I, you, me, the, this, be, them, for, it, its, a.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:inherit;color:#1C1E21;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:inherit;color:#1C1E21;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW">You want each word to be the focus and not put in distractions that take your attention away from what you
are SHOWING in the poem.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:inherit;color:#1C1E21;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:inherit;color:#1C1E21;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW">No title, no numbering, no capitalization, and no punctuation. Just the 3 lines of the Haiku is all that
is appropriate.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:inherit;color:#1C1E21;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW">Your space is precious so you want to use only strong words that give meaning and life to your Haiku.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:inherit;color:#1C1E21;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:inherit;color:#1C1E21;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW">This is a JAPANESE FORM of POEM. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:inherit;color:#1C1E21;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW">Have FUN.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:inherit;color:#1C1E21;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW">_____<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:inherit;color:#1C1E21;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:inherit;color:#1C1E21;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW">I challenge you to write a HAIKU today and POST IT on your FB Timeline.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:inherit;color:#1C1E21;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:inherit;color:#1C1E21;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW">Your HAIKU may lift someone's spirits and bring them a moment of happiness.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:inherit;color:#1C1E21;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW">Be sure to TAG me so I can see it, too!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZW"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZW">Lynda<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW">My Books<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZW"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Star-Signs-New-Selected-Poems/dp/1075265436/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=Lynda+McKinney+Lambert&qid=1570213785&s=books&sr=1-2"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW">Star
Signs: New and Selected Poems</span></i></a></span><i><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZW"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Walking-Inner-Vision-Stories-Poems/dp/B07S45ZY39/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Lynda+McKinney+Lambert&qid=1570213669&s=books&sr=1-1"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW">Walking
by Inner Vision: Stories & Poems</span></i></a></span><i><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZW"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Concerti-Psalms-Pilgrimage-Lynda-Lambert/dp/1929359187/ref=sr_1_6?keywords=Lynda+Lambert&qid=1570213942&s=books&sr=1-6"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW">Concerti:
Psalms for the Pilgrimage</span></i></a></span><i><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZW"><a href="htttp://www.lyndalambert.com/"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW">Lynda's Website & Blog</span></a></span><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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