Photo: Miss Mitchell in Blue Chair
by Lynda McKinney Lambert

Lynda’s Journal

– Blue Velvet Chair – 

Post #710 – on September 14, 2025

by Lynda McKinney Lambert

©Lynda McKinney Lambert, 2025

The Poem:  Blue Velvet Chair

Blue Velvet Chair

wintertime together

our  house feels quiet

soothing like  soft, silky velvet

a distinctively easy-going atmosphere

we view the shifting seasons

from the library window.

white dog with brindle spots

observes mirror reflection

on snow-covered sidewalk

Mom’s arms rest on a soft dense pile

Wears her summer-pink seersucker blouse

her fragile  feet  crossed in front

of curvy polished walnut legs

Esther’s silver cane balanced  her steps

when dementia altered her life.

For decades we have taken it easy

in a velvety sky-blue chair

watching  sunsets painted in  the sky

in a distant   mid-July evening

my father posed for photos

held his curly dark-haired baby

his great-granddaughter . Nicole

for the first time in our special chair

I stop to  touch my aging  dog

curled in the short, dense pile where

our  cats  secretly scratch the velvety  fabric

revealing cotton stuffing on the wings

of our  blue velvet chair.

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Written:  November 20, 2023

Published:

Mingled Voices 9, Proverse (Hong Kong) Prize for Single Poem, Anthology. 2025.

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Below is Lynda’s Bio as it  appears  in the summer of 2025 in

Food, Flowers, Medicine: And Other Gifts From the Garden, Anthology, 2025

Want to know more bout this new book?   Read  here

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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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©Lynda McKinney Lambert, 2025.

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