{"id":12108,"date":"2023-02-27T10:20:46","date_gmt":"2023-02-27T15:20:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/?p=12108"},"modified":"2023-02-27T10:20:46","modified_gmt":"2023-02-27T15:20:46","slug":"garden-songs-a-spring-configuration-poem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/garden-songs-a-spring-configuration-poem\/","title":{"rendered":"Garden Songs – A Spring Configuration Poem"},"content":{"rendered":"

Garden Songs<\/h3>\r\n

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Little Poems<\/em><\/h2>\r\n

by Lynda McKinney Lambert<\/h4>\r\n

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Lynda McKinney Lambert is smiling as she shares a new poem on “Garden Songs” today!<\/p><\/div>\r\n

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_The Poem_<\/strong><\/em><\/h1>\r\n

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A Spring Configuration Poem<\/em> (Acrostic)<\/p>\r\n

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Configuration poems<\/p>\r\n

Often look like mountain stones\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

Next to delicate green ferns<\/p>\r\n

For\u00a0decades<\/p>\r\n

I pull the weeds from my flower<\/p>\r\n

Garden in the early morning light<\/p>\r\n

Until a soft upwelling<\/p>\r\n

Rain brings the plants<\/p>\r\n

Abundantly to life and I<\/p>\r\n

Think about \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

Iridescent red tulips beside<\/p>\r\n

Ocean blue Japanese grass that<\/p>\r\n

Never grows more than 10 inches tall<\/p>\r\n

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Purple hyacinths blooming<\/p>\r\n

On ordinary spring days<\/p>\r\n

Earthy fragrances<\/p>\r\n

Move closer, take a deep breath<\/p>\r\n

Sniff the sweet -smelling yellow daffodils.<\/p>\r\n

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\u00a9Lynda McKinney Lambert, 2022. All rights reserved.<\/p>\r\n

Ellwood City, PA 16117<\/p>\r\n

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Just Published<\/strong><\/em><\/h1>\r\n

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\u00a0NEW BOOK by Lynda!<\/h2>\r\n
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Mock-up #6 : Songs for the Pilgrimage.<\/strong><\/em>
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BREAKING NEWS<\/strong><\/em><\/h1>\r\n

this book is currently in production at Perkins Library, for distribution\u00a0 through the library and through NLS (BARD).<\/p>\r\n

COMING SOON<\/strong><\/em><\/h1>\r\n
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MY NEW book is a thoughtful and joyous collection of my poetry, stories, memoirs, photography, and reflections from 1985 \u2013 2021.<\/p>\r\n

Songs for the Pilgrimage<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\r\n

\u00a9Lynda McKinney Lambert, 2022. All rights reserved.<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n

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Poems, Non-fiction Stories, Journal Entries, Meditations<\/h5>\r\n
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NEW<\/strong> \u2013 Songs for the Pilgrimage<\/strong>:<\/em>\u00a0 Apple Books<\/a><\/p>\r\n

Lynda\u2019s books at Bookshop.org<\/a><\/p>\r\n

Lynda\u2019s e-Books at Smashwords<\/a><\/p>\r\n

Lynda\u2019s Books at Amazon<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n

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Unpublished<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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