Lynda’s Journal – Poem

Indulgent Memorials 

Photo: Hyacinth and Cucumber Bedroom.
Photo by Lynda McKinney Lambert.

by Lynda McKinney Lambert

American Poet

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The Poem:

Indulgent Memorials

Indulgent Memorials

 “Indulgent”  hyacinth  tinted  walls

New  flannel sheets kept  us cheery

During  brittle  wind-swept nights

Under your warm  strong arms

Lovers contentment

Giggling  duo

Every  night

New dreams

Two

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My

Elite

Memories

Our old photos

Remain in bedroom

I’ll  remember you there

Alone  at your  maple desk

Love painted  your memorials

Stored beneath  cucumber green  ceiling

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©Lynda McKinney Lambert, 2024.

Backstory:

Carousel Poetry Group_  Prompt:  Contrasts

Note:

I chose to focus on my bedroom  –

The 2 Nonet poems span a decade of my life

from  January 2014 to  December 2024.

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Final Thought:

Thank YOU –  for your visit today and please drop me a line in the Comments section to cheer me on into 2025, too.

I wrote this new poem today because I was challenged by my fellow-poets in the Carousel Poets Group  to write a poem that features a contrast between two things.  We are a group of six ladies who meet one evening a month on a conference call.  Each of us takes a turn to give the group a challenge or a prompt for the next month’s meeting.  Over the year we have met this commitment, and created a really nice personal collection of poems this year.  We will be meeting again, beginning in January to begin a new year of writing poems.

I wrote about my bedroom today because his room seems to be  my place for remembering  special moments of my life from the time we moved here in 1967, to today. This room holds all the memories of a life together over these years with my husband  Charles Robert (Bob) Lambert. (1941 – 2024)

photo by Lynda McKinney Lambert. Hyacinth and Cucumber, paint by Sherwin Williams.

We raised our five children in this home that was built in 1929, in the Village of Wurtemburg.

Lynda McKinney Lambert

American Author

Lynda’s MISSION STATEMENT

I reveal what is forgotten, lost, or invisible through art and writing.

For ‘faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.’ — Hebrews 11:1, New Testament of the Christian Bible, King James Version.”

Lynda McKinney Lambert

American Poet

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