Lynda’s Journal – Poem – Letter of Acceptance + Poem
Lynda’s Journal- Poem
~ Letter of Acceptance
The Letter: March 3, 2025
Dear Lynda:
Hello, we hope you are ready for Spring, We are!
This collection of poems is a breath of fresh air like Spring itself. This is a joyous collection of Nature poetry.
We were overwhelmed by the sheer number of excellent submissions we received for this Spring issue. By far the most ever. Selecting the final poems for this issue was difficult.
Congratulations, your (Abecedarian) poem, Painting Pictures of Abstract Flower Gardens, has been accepted for the Spring print issue of The Avocet, a Journal of Nature Poetry.
We know our readers will enjoy your work as much as we did. And we think you will be pleased and proud to be found upon the pages of this issue.
As a supporting subscriber, you will, of course, receive your subscription copy.
My Poem:
Painting pictures in Abstract Flower Gardens
Archival alabaster pigments splash across
bold yellow and brown Sunflowers beside
clusters of Shasta Daisies.
Dusty Miller shimmers in moonlight
Each night beside silver Liquorice
fireworks exploding from center circle.
Golden clumps of Japanese grass
hold my attention momentarily as
inky gestures are scratched over picture plane.
Unusually sensitive
knowledge comes slowly, in layers of
lemon coral Sedum (mexicanum)
Mounds surround white Geraniums
nonetheless, I am faithful to the process
overlooking distractions of years-
Passage of time sets the theme
quietly moves around three
red clots of shiny acrylic opalescence
spirals are reaching out
themes of ice-blue Japanese grass
ungulate beside a stony garden path
Visions are vicariously distanced
watercolor pages sliced apart with
X-acto (#1 knife Couteau) for precision.
Years pass while I am painting abstract
zones layered on archival papers and pristine canvases
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Backstory:
I am an artist who creates paintings and fiber art. Various flowers and plants in the garden show up in my poetry at times. In this poem I take the reader on a visual tour of my gardens, and present those images in living color as I combine cognition with touch and imagination. The ABECEDARIAN poetic form is one I use often in my poems. I think of this form as a structure that I am building on, as I am working with the English alphabet from beginning to final thought.
My Writing Action Plan:
God has a life-affirming VISION for every person.
A unique personal plan is a foundational gift, given at birth.
We can learn how to find our gifts.
Discover the DREAM for your creative spirit.
Pray and ask God to reveal what he has planned for your life.
I promise, He answers in a way that might knock your socks off!
When the Holy Spirit gently whispers brilliant ideas and fresh discoveries, write it down.
Make it plain.
Stop running in circles. and quit ending up in the same old place where you were before.
God gives us a BRILLIANT PLAN that actually WORKS.
Seek God’s direction in all you do. Our Creator gives us all the guidance we will ever need.
Habakkuk 2:2-3 English Standard Version 2016 (ESV)
And the LORD answered me: “Write the vision; make it plain on tablets, so he may run who reads it. For still the vision awaits its appointed time; it hastens to the end—it will not lie. If it seems slow, wait for it; it will surely come; it will not delay.
Photo by Lynda McKinney Lambert. From the Pan tone Series_ Self Portrait.
Pan tome Series_Self Portrait_Photo of Lynda McKinney Lambert.
Bio
Below is Lynda’s Bio as it will appear in the summer of 2025 in
Food, Flowers, Medicine: And Other Gifts From the Garden, Anthology, 2025
More details about this exciting new book publication will be announced soon as we come closer to publication day.
Lynda McKinney Lambert writes and creates visual art from her vintage home in the Village of Wurtemburg, in Western Pennsylvania. She writes poetry and personal nonfiction essays. She currently has six published books available at all retail booksellers. Her artworks have appeared in international exhibitions, including Japan, New Guinea, Austria, and the United States. Lynda retired from her position as Professor of Fine Art and Humanities at Geneva College in 2008 due to profound sight loss. She invites readers to discover the subtle nuances and beauty of a physical and spiritual world as she weaves strands from history, nature, and her personal life experiences.
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©Lynda McKinney Lambert, 2024.
Painting Pictures of Abstract Flower Gardens
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Published:
The Avocet: A Journal of Nature Poetry, Spring/Summer Edition, 2025.
Charles, Vivi and Valerie Portolano, Editors
The Avocet
P.O. Box 19186
Fountain Hills, AZ 85269
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