A Poem ~ From the Professor’s Journal
A Poem ~ From the Professor’s Journal
by Lynda McKinney Lambert
September 19, 2022
The Poem: Autumn in Western Pennsylvania
Autumn in Western Pennsylvania
Autumnal manifestations are steady
Bold electric-ginger and enflamed ruby tints
Colorful displays in dense forests
Driving dusty rural back roads
Every bush and tree in an uproar
Fussy dissonance
Grab your camera
Hullabaloo and hubbub
In progress
Just as seasons shift
Kayak down the Allegheny River
Living forms transform the shoreline
Materialization is measured
Noisy Canada geese head south
On-going migrations
Pittsburgh, Altoona, Erie, Johnstown
Quietly ride downstream in a
Riverboat foliage tour
September through November
Trek around at your leisure
Unravel the history of
Villages settled in sixteenth century
Western Pennsylvania’s trails challenge
Xenials to senior citizens.
You will add some
Zing to your life!
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©Lynda McKinney Lambert, 2022. All rights reserved.
This poem was written on August 7, 2022
The Backstory:
I wanted to write about the subtle shifting that begins as the landscape transitions from Summer into Autumn. There is a gentle change that begins relatively unnoticed as the nights start to cool down.
I try to memorize the landscape so I can carry back those observations, feelings, and physical aspects of a day or particular moment. Often, I pay attention as I sit in my Amish rocking chair on the porch. I look out over the fenced-in garden area. I listen carefully for little rustlings in the shady areas, the swift movements of a bird taking flight, and the sounds coming from the creek just below the ridge.
This poem comes from those observations, and I organized it into the ABECEDARIAN form. Each line begins with a letter of the alphabet. A careful reading will reveal the letters of the alphabet going down the left side of the poem, from A to Z.
What do you think?
Would you like to try writing an ABECEDARIAN POEM?
I begin by making a vertical line down my page, starting with “A” and ending with “Z.”
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