{"id":1010,"date":"2015-06-05T15:55:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-05T20:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lyndalambert.com\/?p=1010"},"modified":"2015-06-06T07:19:48","modified_gmt":"2015-06-06T12:19:48","slug":"how-to-create-a-poem-from-your-journal-entries-posted-on-may-22-2014-by-lynda-lambert-lynda-pauses-for-a-moment-in-mirabell-gardens-photo-taken-in-2006-lynda-pauses-for-a-moment-in-mirabel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/how-to-create-a-poem-from-your-journal-entries-posted-on-may-22-2014-by-lynda-lambert-lynda-pauses-for-a-moment-in-mirabell-gardens-photo-taken-in-2006-lynda-pauses-for-a-moment-in-mirabel\/","title":{"rendered":"Turn YOUR Journal Entry into a Poem: Writing Assignment #21 – Part A"},"content":{"rendered":"

How to CREATE a POEM from your JOURNAL Entries\u2026Writing Assignment #21 (A)<\/h1>\n
This article is an updated version of the one I published \u00a0on<\/span> May 22, 2014<\/span><\/a> by<\/span> Lynda Lambert<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
I revised and expanded it for you to use in your \u00a0Writing by Inner Vision Journal<\/strong>, June 5, 2015.<\/div>\n
\n

\"Lynda<\/a><\/p>\n

Turn a Journal Entry into a Poem<\/strong><\/p>\n

by Lynda McKinney Lambert<\/strong><\/p>\n

PART A of Writing Assignment #21<\/p>\n

There will be two parts to this assignment.<\/p>\n

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Writers often discover treasures for writing\u00a0 poems and other literary pieces when they look back into history. They seek out additional insight and information on something they\u00a0 think is interesting. You may want to try this method, too.<\/p>\n

This way of working \u00a0inspired some of my best pieces. I keep \u00a0travel journals on my trips. I make sketches and\u00a0\u00a0write short notes as I record my experiences. My travel journals become the raw material I looked back into long after I returned home. \u00a0I find exciting new revelations. Keeping a travel journal makes your trip memorable long after it is over.<\/p>\n

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My example: Writing in Mirabell Garden\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n

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\"07boblyndaMirabell\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The famous Mirabell Garden (Salzburg, Austria)\u00a0was a place \u00a0I visited \u00a0 during my summers of teaching in Austria. I inhaled \u00a0the \u00a0fragrance of \u00a0fully blooming roses in a formal garden. \u00a0I thought about how I would remember this place as I began to write about my experiences in my travel journal.<\/p>\n

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I wrote some quick notes about the palace \u2013 it\u2019s location in the center of Salzburg and the fascinating Archbishop Wolf \u00a0Dietrich \u00a0who commissioned the building of the palace for\u00a0 his mistress, Salome Alt. I imagined their\u00a0children frolicking in the palace and in the gardens. \u00a0I used a \u00a0pen to make a few line drawings of various aspects of the architecture, the gardens, and the fortress on the mountain.<\/p>\n

Later, I looked into some historical notes on this intriguing story. \u00a0The people who had lived in this magnificent palace became so real to me. I began to imagine their lives in a personal way. \u00a0This story did \u00a0not have a happy ending. The Archbishop eventually made so many political enemies that he was eventually arrested and imprisoned in the fortress dungeon where he spent the remaining years of his life. He died in prison in the fortress, high above the city, overlooking his palace.\u00a0 His mistress, Salome Alt, fled with \u00a0their children to Wels, another \u00a0city where they were safe.<\/p>\n

You can do a little scribble drawing, take some quick \u00a0photos,\u00a0 or jot descriptive notes in a\u00a0 journal. Later, when there is more time to think it over, use those thoughts and images when you\u00a0 craft a poem. It only takes a few visual or text notations to awaken memories.<\/p>\n

Turning Journal Notes into a Poem:<\/strong><\/h1>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Explore the HISTORY:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Consider the history of the place and the people who inhabited it.<\/p>\n

Write down some historical notes on \u00a0location as you are visiting a place. That is the best way to begin. Later, when you are back home you can do some additional research to gain even more information to set the stage for the historical context.<\/p>\n

Example from my journal:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Mirabell Palace, sits like a jewel in the heart of Salzburg, Austria. It was originally called Altenau, \u00a0built in 1606 by the Prince-Archbishop Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau as a home for his mistress Salome\u2019\u00a0 Alt and their children.\u00a0\u00a0 The famous Mirabell Gardens surround the palace.\u00a0 Fischer von Erlach designed them .\u00a0 On the grounds are stone sculptures \u00a0on the massive pillars at \u00a0each side of the gates as you enter the palace grounds. \u00a0They are depictions of mythological heroes.\u00a0 In other places you can find sculptures such as unicorns, a Pegasus fountain, gloriously blooming flowers spilling from large urns and a magical rose garden all enclosed by local wrought ironwork.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

The stone urns sit atop the stone pillars \u00a0that surround the lush gardens.\u00a0 Each urn seems like it is literally spewing glorious flowers like a waterfall they are bursting forth from the urns. I sit and make pencil sketches of the urns. Each one is different from the others; each a different \u00a0design.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Wolf \u00a0spent the final six years of his life imprisoned in Hohensalzburg Fortress which overlooks picturesque Salzburg.\u00a0 The fortress prison was his destiny as he was held prisoner until his death in 1612.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Look over your notes and think about bringing something to life from this place and the people who lived there. What do you think they might have been like?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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When I walked through the mansion, sat in the gardens, I thought of the love that a man had for a woman and the children they had together. Because Wolf \u00a0was a powerful Prince Archbishop, marriage was not permitted for them Yet, Salome’ \u00a0was clearly his mistress. She bore thirteen children to Wolf who deisgned\u00a0Mirabell Palace for Salome’ \u00a0and the children.<\/p>\n

I learned that Wolf spent the final 6 years of his life in prison. \u00a0 I thought \u00a0of what might have been going through his mind in the prison dungeon as he remembered his beautiful mistress and their children. Did he know he would never see them again?<\/p>\n

In my imagination, \u00a0Wolf \u00a0smuggled love notes to Salome\u2019\u00a0 during those six years of imprisonment. The focus I chose \u00a0to write about was \u00a0the imaginary love notes he sent to her. Back in my studio, I \u00a0hand-crafted an Artist’s book from hand made papers I bought at a specialty paper shoop in Salzburg. On each page of the book, I wrote one of the Haiku verses I created in this series. I \u00a0fashioned red and blue roses made from thin paper all through the book to illustrate the rose garden, the inspiration for my poems.<\/p>\n

My poem \u00a0developed \u00a0as a \u00a0series of tiny \u201clove notes\u201d from Wolf \u00a0to Salome\u2019 \u2013 Here is what developed, in the poem \u201cSalome\u2019s Garden.\u201d<\/p>\n

I chose to write each \u201cnote\u201d using the \u00a0ancient \u00a0Japanese Haiku form because this type of poem \u00a0is \u00a0often used to express love. Below, you can read\u00a0 the poem I developed from journal notes, my memories, imagination\u00a0 and history.<\/p>\n

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Example from my journal:<\/p>\n

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Salome\u2019s Garden<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

(Haiku notes from Wolf to Salome. smuggled from prison)<\/p>\n

If we could measure<\/p>\n

The length of our time on earth<\/p>\n

Before we began the journey<\/p>\n

I would have hoped<\/p>\n

for golden days\u00a0alone,<\/p>\n

in the garden<\/p>\n

with you.<\/p>\n

II<\/p>\n

Pegasus can fly<\/p>\n

When waxed begonias bloom in<\/p>\n

Mirabell\u2019s Garden.<\/p>\n

III<\/p>\n

Is our garden lush?<\/p>\n

Yellow marigolds touched by<\/p>\n

Morning\u2019s cool damp mist?<\/p>\n

IV<\/p>\n

Do our marble stairs<\/p>\n

Come to life during the night<\/p>\n

When the putti dance?<\/p>\n

V<\/p>\n

The orangerie waits<\/p>\n

Near the end of the garden<\/p>\n

Hidden, out of view.<\/p>\n

VI<\/p>\n

The scent of roses<\/p>\n

Permeated my cell tonight<\/p>\n

Just before twilight.<\/p>\n

VII<\/p>\n

\u201cSalome and Wolf\u201d<\/p>\n

We danced down pink marble stairs<\/p>\n

Hot candles flickered.<\/p>\n

VIII<\/p>\n

Lions guard our steps<\/p>\n

To the secret garden path<\/p>\n

Where the dwarfs carouse.<\/p>\n

IX<\/p>\n

Raphael Donner<\/p>\n

Created putti \u00a0who\u00a0 frolic<\/p>\n

On pink marble crests.<\/p>\n

X<\/p>\n

I miss your soft touch<\/p>\n

Long to be near you at the<\/p>\n

End of my journey<\/p>\n

XI<\/p>\n

You are my crown jewel<\/p>\n

In the snow that melts away<\/p>\n

Everything I touch.<\/p>\n

XII<\/p>\n

When our garden fades<\/p>\n

Icy frost covers windows<\/p>\n

I will remember you.<\/p>\n

Xiii<\/p>\n

Our children will dance<\/p>\n

In gardens we created<\/p>\n

From imagination.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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