Post # 305
3 April 2020
National Poetry Month
A Poem – a- Day
a GIFT from
Pennsylvania Author
Lynda McKinney Lambert
We walk around the yard and stop to look at the delicate yellow flowers that bloom profusely on slender branches.
My poem today is a Tritina.
“Springtime Gardens”
April’s favorite color must be yellow.
She’s a golden-haired lady with an artistic husband
who plants sweet-smelling gardens
Forsythia branches inspire the clever husband
dazzle him with the brilliance of sunlit gardens
watches him paint a canvas buttery- yellow
Primary colored flowers bloom in April’s gardens
woven daffodil blankets in white and yellow
captured in paintings by her creative husband
Yellow sun warms April’s husband who tends his springtime gardens.
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How to Write This Poem?
Tritina Poem
Tritina has 3, 3-line stanzas. (9 lines, plus an envoy line)
Tritina begins by selecting 3 words. Each will be used for line endings.
In this poem, I chose 3 words:
yellow, husband, gardens
Tritina ends with a FINAL LINE and contains all 3 of your previously selected words.
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The pattern looks like this
Lines 1 2 3 – End words of lines in first tercet.
Lines 3 1 2 – End words of lines in second tercet.
Lines 2 3 1 – End words of lines in third tercet.
The toth Line (1 2 3) – Words contained in the final line.
For more details – click here.
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Read another Tritina Poem by Lynda “Eggplant Parmesan and Spaghetti”
Courtesy of Lynda McKinney Lambert, Pennsylvania Author and Visual Artist.
Poetry and Photography by Lynda McKinney Lambert.
Copyright, April 3, 2020. All rights reserved.
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Lynda’s Note:
Today is DAY #3 of National Poetry Month.
Thank you for your interest and enjoyment of my daily poem and photographs.
It is my pleasure to share a little piece of my world –
The Village of Wurttemburg, in western Pennsylvania.
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For more details – click here.
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Read another Poem by Lynda Read it here!
Courtesy of Lynda McKinney Lambert, Pennsylvania Author and Visual Artist.
Poetry and Photography by Lynda McKinney Lambert.
Copyright, April 3, 2020. All rights reserved.
