Lynda’s Journal ~ Indulgent Memorials (Poem)
Lynda’s Journal – Poem
Indulgent Memorials
Photo: Hyacinth and Cucumber Bedroom.
Photo by Lynda McKinney Lambert.
by Lynda McKinney Lambert
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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
–
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
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