Lynda’s Journal – Award Winning Poem
Lynda’s Journal
~ Primavera: When Spring Break is Over ~
Please join me in celebrating my latest Poetry Award.
The Poem:
Primavera: When Spring Break is Over, is a poem I wrote on one of my yearly visits to Puerto Rico.
The Backstory:
I was a member of a team of professors who brought students from Geneva College, to Puerto Rico every March. This group trip was part of our 15-week course that focused on Puerto Rico culture and the arts. This course was offered during the Spring Semester each year. As part of the course, students were immersed in the culture of Puerto Rico over spring break for 10 days of studies on location in various locations on the island. I taught the art component of the course each year.
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Primavera: When Spring Break is Over
Caribbean mornings
earthy paradise drinks
dark island coffee with hot cream
tiny homegrown yellow plátanos
early sunrise breeze with honey rolls
rental cars spiral up the mountain
we view abandoned plantations
hacienda tourists in a group
I wear my new green hat for the photo
afternoon rum factory tours by boat
sandy beaches never closed
coconut drinks every day
coral reefs and rusty piers
sun burned skin
soothed with aloe vera lotion
we hike steep mountain paths
cross over bridges with wooden planks
immerse our bodies in mountain streams
scream with pleasures under torrid sun
moan under a throbbing cold waterfall
Caribbean nights under the stars
dancing in the streets with strangers
two mountain top dreamers in darkness
Tony sings Puerto Rican songs to me
whispers phrases n my ear
(always in Spanish.)
If a volcano erupts
there may be delays
flights are never on time
things are often unpredictable
when spring break is over.
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Primavera, poem (© Lynda McKinney Lambert, 2015, 2018, 2022, 2025)
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Published:
_Best Poets of 2015, Eber and Wein Publishing Co.
_Nature Writing, May 8, 2018.
_The Avocet, print edition, Summer 2018
_Lambert, Lynda McKinney. Star Signs, 2019 See it on Amazon
_Lambert, Lynda McKinney. Songs for the Pilgrimage, 2021. See it on Amazon.
_Magnets & Ladders, Spring/Summer 2025. Honorable Mention Award. Judge: Ona Gritz.
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Magnets and Ladders: Active Voices of Writers with Disabilities is Now Available for Spring/ Summer 2025. Read it here!
MORE ABOUT LYNDA
Lynda’s Bio and non-fiction story will appear in :
Food, Flowers, Medicine: And Other Gifts From the Garden, Anthology, 2025
SOON to be RELEASED in June 2025, by the Wild Librarian Press. Editors Stacey Russo and Julie Ardman.
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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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Bio: Lynda McKinney Lambert is a retired college professor of fine art and
humanities. She writes and creates art at her River Road Studio,
established in 1976. She explores themes of landscape, pilgrimage, passage
of time, fine arts and poetry. She loves walking through a meadow of wild
flowers; pale heliotrope skies in the evening; solitary days with her 7
cats and 1 dog; and eggplant parmesan. She has six books published and are
available on Amazon.
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