#Poem

#Inspiration Arrived Early this Morning

#From the Professor’s Journal

November 7, 2022

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The Poem:

Inspiration arrived early this morning

 

 

Inspiration arrived early this morning

 

 

I pressed

my feet deeper into plush blue blankets

 

I stretched

my legs  and flexed my heels

 

I looked

slowly at the numbers on the bedside clock

 

I remembered

it’s the first morning of Autumn!

 

I knew

the rising sun can’t be seen through a window that faces west

 

I listened

to morning bird songs drifting into the room

 

I thought

about giving a gift to my lover this morning

 

I decided

it must be a divine offering fit for the gods

 

I remembered

a shiny silver box in the next room

 

I rose

to get the magical surprise that I would bring to him this morning

 

I brought

the shimmering gift – that was pure inspiration 

 

I lifted

his warm arm and pushed the cool, slender metallic box under it

 

He reached

to grab the silver box of Cracker Jacks tucked under his arm.

 

 

© Lynda McKinney Lambert ,

 

 

The Backstory:

I wrote this poem on a winter morning in 2004.

My focus is the use of verbs to describe the actions as I take you on a little jaunt through the poem.

What was I thinking?

What did I see?

Did I hear anything?

How did I feel that morning?

 

I hope you can tell that my husband and I had a playful relationship when we were at home.

Sometimes, our relationship turns into a poem or story.

You can read more personal non-fiction stories and poems about our  journeys in my book

Walking by Inner Vision: Stories  & Poems. 

DLD Books 2017.

Walking by Inner Vision: Stories & Poems, ©2017. Lynda McKinney Lambert.
Edited and Designed at DLD Books, Denver, Colorado

This book is a thoughtful and joyous journey through a calendar year.

Readers have told me they keep this book on the nightstand and read a little from it every day.  Others have told me they were sad when they came to the end of the book because they never wanted it to end. I am so grateful for all of the readers who give me feedback and comments.

 

Read a review by Abbie Johnson Taylor: Here.

Read a review by Beckie Ann Horter:  Here.

See 5-star ratings & reviews on Amazon: Here.

Listen NOW to free sample from Audible

 

Read this poem as published in Magnets & Ladders,  Fall/Winter edition, 2022-23: Here.

 

What do you think about the gift I gave my husband in that poem?

 

Publications:

Inspiration Arrived Early This Morning (2004)

_Stars in our Hearts Anthology

World Poetry Movement, April, 2012

_Magnets & Ladders, Fall/Winter Edition, 2022-23

Active Voices of Writers with Disabilities: Read it Here