From Lynda’s Journal ~ World Poetry Day + Poem
From Lynda’s Journal
World Poetry Day – March 21, 2025
~ Signs and Signals of an Early Spring ~
19-line Pi Poem
I am sharing this poem today to celebrate World Poetry Day, which is on March 21 every year.
World Poetry Day celebrates one of humanity’s most treasured forms of cultural and linguistic expression and identity.
UNESCO first adopted 21 March as World Poetry Day during its 30th General Conference in Paris in 1999, with the aim of supporting linguistic diversity through poetic expression and increasing the opportunity for endangered languages to be heard. World Poetry Day is the occasion to honour poets, revive oral traditions of poetry recitals, promote the reading, writing and teaching of poetry, foster the convergence between poetry and other arts such as theatre, dance, music and painting, and raise the visibility of poetry in the media. As poetry continues to bring people together across continents, all are invited to join in.
The Poem:
Signs and Signals of Early Spring
Frosty snow
leaves
icy edges
mark
concrete stairway steps
I slip my black suede winter boot tip
forward
slip and slide cautiously
testing my balance
listening
slick black crow loiters
levitates from snow-clad branch
my two dogs reawaken my thoughts
refocus concentration
noses dig into crusty moist grass
peacefully
forage
tender grubs
signs and signals of early spring.
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©Lynda McKinney Lambert, 2022, 2025. All rights
reserved.
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First Published:
Anthology, Mingled Voices 8 (Page 75)
International Proverse Poetry Prize Anthology 2023;
Proverse (Hong Kong) (Published 2024)
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Also published:
Magnets & Ladders: Active Voices of writers with disabilities; Spring/Summer edition 2024.
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BONUS: Behind Our Eyes: A Literary Sunburst (Anthology) NOW available at Amazon
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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.
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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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Photo by Lynda McKinney Lambert. From the Pantone Series_ Self Portrait.
Pan tome Series_Self Portrait_Photo of Lynda McKinney Lambert.
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World Poetry Day – March 21, 2025
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