{"id":1227,"date":"2015-08-09T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-08-09T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lyndalambert.com\/?p=1227"},"modified":"2015-12-14T14:55:24","modified_gmt":"2015-12-14T19:55:24","slug":"gem-stones-mythology-stories-poetry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/gem-stones-mythology-stories-poetry\/","title":{"rendered":"All About Stones &#8211; From A to Z"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Rocks_GreenCrysBall_Glowing_Comp.jpg?resize=448%2C336\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Walking by Inner Vision \u2013 Your Personal Journal<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Writing Assignment #25 _ The Abecedarian Poem<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">***<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>EASY as A-B-C<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>and so much Fun!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">This poem will take you on writing \u00a0journey through the alphabet, from A to Z.<\/p>\n<p>You can begin by writing each letter of the alphabet down the left side of your page \u2013 vertically. It will look like this:<\/p>\n<p>A<\/p>\n<p>B<\/p>\n<p>C<\/p>\n<p>D<\/p>\n<p>E<\/p>\n<p>F \u2013 and just keep on going till you get all 26 letters on your page.<\/p>\n<p>**<\/p>\n<p>Once you have your letters \u2013 they will become the first letter of a word in each line. Your poem can be 26 lines long, or you can write your poem in pairs of lines as I did in my example below.<\/p>\n<p>**<\/p>\n<p>Follow my example and create your own ABECEDARIAN \u00a0POEM. ** <em>\u00a0<\/em> <em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Rocks_RoseQuartzin_Compressed.jpg?resize=428%2C336\" alt=\"\" width=\"428\" height=\"336\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em> <em>**<\/em> <em>Crystal Healer<\/em> <em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>by Lynda McKinney Lambert<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>A<\/u><\/strong>mber red\u00a0dripped from ancient trees<\/p>\n<p>Solidified and fossilized.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>B<\/u><\/strong>oji Stones brought healing to painful memories,<\/p>\n<p>grounded high spiritual vibrations.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>C<\/u><\/strong>rystal quartz cleared the room of negative energy,<\/p>\n<p>brought healing to those who lost hope.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>D<\/u><\/strong>ragon\u2019s Blood was also christened as costly Cinnabar<\/p>\n<p>she helped change your image.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>E<\/u><\/strong>merald stood surrounded by palest green rays of light,<\/p>\n<p>protected from evil enchantments, foretold the future.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>F<\/u><\/strong>luorite made me smile when I touched her soft curves,<\/p>\n<p>a \u00a0celestial rainbow of clear, blue, green brown, and yellow.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>G<\/u><\/strong>arnet gemstones surrounded us with beauty from the earth,<\/p>\n<p>mined and carved, tumbled smooth.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>H<\/u><\/strong>ematite, a heavy magnetic stone, harmonized and balanced the spirit,<\/p>\n<p>supported timid women and boosted self-esteem.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>I<\/u><\/strong>olite, so very small and translucent; a delicate stone,<\/p>\n<p>changed her colors with the angle of light.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>J<\/u><\/strong>adeite, translucent, soft, and green;<\/p>\n<p>hidden away, smooth and silky in my pocket.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>K<\/u><\/strong>unzite\u2019s delicate shades in lilac, pink, or yellow translucent,<\/p>\n<p>transparent, mood-lifting effects.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>L<\/u><\/strong>abrodarite, my favorite gem,<\/p>\n<p>reminded me of the deep water\u2019s reflections on a summer day.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>M<\/u><\/strong>alachite held layers of copper between her spiteful greens,<\/p>\n<p>powerful stone of the new millennium.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>N<\/u><\/strong>ebula stones are small with unique metaphysical properties,<\/p>\n<p>gaze into it and you\u2019ll be moved to new places in the universe.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>O<\/u><\/strong>bsidian sang of a black winter night<\/p>\n<p>with snowflakes falling on the shiny opaque glass-like surface<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>P<\/u><\/strong>recious opal stones,<\/p>\n<p>cleansed in the light at full moon a fiery glow in the morning light.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Q<\/u><\/strong>uartz clusters gathered deep secrets,<\/p>\n<p>in their helical spiral crystalline forms.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>R<\/u><\/strong>ainbows flourished inside the dense earth<\/p>\n<p>a harvest of vibrant mysteries.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>S<\/u><\/strong>erpentine, a talisman of water-worn black-green stones,<\/p>\n<p>were \u00a0said to assure the wearer of longevity.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>T<\/u><\/strong>iger\u2019s Eye beads in yellow-brown, pink, blue, red,<\/p>\n<p>were used as protection against ill will.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>U<\/u><\/strong>nikite is a circus of tumbled stones placed gently in a bowl,<\/p>\n<p>brought calm to your home.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>V<\/u><\/strong>arsite sang the songs of encouragement,<\/p>\n<p>hope and courage to those who gave up.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>W<\/u><\/strong>ulfenite brings knowledge from ancient temples of Egypt or Greece,<\/p>\n<p>brought spiritual vibrations down to earth.<\/p>\n<p><u>X<\/u> represents the signature of the Creator\u2019s hands<\/p>\n<p>as He fashioned and planted each precious gem.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Y<\/u><\/strong>ellow Calcite, the silent stone, brought healing,<\/p>\n<p>from darkness inside the fertile earth,<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Z<\/u><\/strong>eolite can be colorless, white, blue and \u00a0peach,<\/p>\n<p>a group of all kinds of crystals, living together in a matrix of \u00a0a harmonic rainbow.<\/p>\n<p>**<\/p>\n<p><em>Note: This poem is the <\/em>abecedarian<em>\u00a0 form. You can go back and look at the first letter of each pair of lines, and you will see the alphabet from A to Z.<\/em><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>_____<\/strong><\/h1>\n<div class=\"site-branding\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Lynda McKinney Lambert is the author of &#8220;Concerti: Psalms for the Pilgrimage&#8221; published by \u00a0Kota Press. She authors two blogs on writing, the humanities, arts, and faith.\u00a0 She is a free lance writer and her poetry and essays appear in numerous books and literary journals.\u00a0 She is a retired professor of fine arts and humanities and she exhibits her fiber arts in exhibitions world-wide.<\/div>\n<div class=\"site-branding\">\u00a0Currently she has two books in development for publication in 2016.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Malachite held layers of copper between her spiteful greens,<br \/>\n  powerful stone of the new millenium.<\/p>\n <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/gem-stones-mythology-stories-poetry\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1255,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Garnet gemstones surrounded us with beauty from the earth,\r\n\r\n     mined and carved, tumbled smooth.\r\n\r\nhttp:\/\/lyndalambert.com\/?p=1227","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trusting-god"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Rocks_Nest2_Compressed2.jpg?fit=3778%2C3406&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4gbwn-jN","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12658,"url":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/poem-from-the-professors-journal-musings-on-e\/","url_meta":{"origin":1227,"position":0},"title":"From lynda&#8217;s Journal ~ Musings on E","author":"Lynda Lambert","date":"September 26, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"From Lynda's Journal Musings on E by\u00a0 #Lynda McKinney Lambert September 26, 2022 \u00a0 \u00a0 The Poem: Musings on \"E\" \u00a0 \u00a0 Musings on \u201cE\u201d By Lynda McKinney Lambert, 2016 \u00a0 A musical score that begins on the note of \u201cE\u201d is esoteric Because this third note in C Major\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;#Trusting God&quot;","block_context":{"text":"#Trusting God","link":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/category\/trusting-god\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Letter-to-Jack-Frost-scaled.jpg?fit=800%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Letter-to-Jack-Frost-scaled.jpg?fit=800%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Letter-to-Jack-Frost-scaled.jpg?fit=800%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Letter-to-Jack-Frost-scaled.jpg?fit=800%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":12490,"url":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/a-poem-from-the-professors-journal_autumn-in-western-pennsylvania\/","url_meta":{"origin":1227,"position":1},"title":"From Lynda&#8217;s Journal &#8211; Autumn in Western Pennsylvania","author":"Lynda Lambert","date":"September 19, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"As Autumn approaches, I sit down on try to write about the daily changes that are taking place here in western Pennsylvania. 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