{"id":12293,"date":"2022-09-05T19:06:37","date_gmt":"2022-09-05T23:06:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/?p=12293"},"modified":"2024-09-07T19:32:35","modified_gmt":"2024-09-07T23:32:35","slug":"poem-from-the-professors-journal_autumnal-prelude","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/poem-from-the-professors-journal_autumnal-prelude\/","title":{"rendered":"From Lynda’s Journal – Autumnal Prelude"},"content":{"rendered":"

Note from Lynda;<\/p>\n

This feature is posted later than usual today.<\/p>\n

Why is it so late?<\/p>\n

I’ve been hard at work developing my presentation for the Keystone Blind Association. I will do a special program on how I create art and write using technologies for the blind. I am a visually impaired artist and author.\u00a0 I’ll be at the Mercer County Agency on Wednesday, September 7 at 10:00 am.<\/p>\n

Program is for the Tech Talk monthly program at the various agencies. I will be giving this program in four different counties in Western Pennsylvania in September.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Autumnal Prelude<\/em><\/h3>\n

\u00a9Lynda McKinney Lambert, 2021.<\/p>\n

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My sleek black cat stretches forward<\/p>\n

views rain-soaked world through open window<\/p>\n

sits quietly as early morning rain dribbles<\/p>\n

soft metallic tunes on rainspouts<\/p>\n

listens to chipmunks chattering<\/p>\n

in rock pile of spare Japanese garden.<\/p>\n

I listen to cars splashing down flooded road<\/p>\n

crows calling from beyond the dense woods<\/p>\n

deep olive-green dimness of tangled<\/p>\n

swagging bittersweet vines<\/p>\n

careening from highest maple trees<\/p>\n

Rain alters my gardening schedules<\/p>\n

tulip, crocus, and daffodil bulbs<\/p>\n

remain unnoticed, dry and safe<\/p>\n

after swift flight from Holland<\/p>\n

the promise of a colorful spring garden<\/p>\n

remains intact<\/p>\n

resting in cardboard shipping box.<\/p>\n

Autumnal days grow cooler<\/p>\n

but soil remains warm<\/p>\n

plants now focus their energy<\/p>\n

on root development<\/p>\n

preparing for their Spring performance.<\/p>\n

Patience is a virtue for cats, gardeners and plants.<\/p>\n

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The BACK STORY:<\/p>\n

Note:<\/p>\n

Recorded in my JOURNAL:<\/p>\n

“I wrote this poem today, 16 October 2021.”<\/p>\n

I wrote it specifically to submit to this anthology.<\/p>\n

I created it from the images, sounds, and thoughts\u00a0 I was having as I sat by the screened in window watching my cat, Inca.<\/p>\n

Inca and I spend a lot of quality time together.\u00a0 He is my shadow. I have six cats, but Inca is the one who wants the most attention. and, he gets it, too.<\/p>\n

When this poem was published in Vita Brevis #3, I was not disappointed. It is an honor to have my work in the remarkable volume of the poetry of nature.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\u00a9Lynda McKinney Lambert<\/p>\n

Ellwood City, PA<\/p>\n

riverwoman@zoominternet.net<\/p>\n

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\u00a92021. Lynda McKinney Lambert. All rights reserved.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Newly Published:<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n

This poem appears in<\/p>\n

\u00a0A Poetry Anthology<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Vita Brevis #3:\u00a0 Nothing Divine Dies. The Poetry of Nature.\u00a0 <\/em><\/h4>\n

Edited by Brian\u00a0 Geiger. <\/em><\/h4>\n

Buy it NOW<\/a><\/h3>\n

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Book Cover -Nothing Divine Dies…Vita Brevis’ Anthology #3.
Brian Geiger, Editor.<\/p><\/div>\n

Read MORE about this ANTHOLOGY and more poems by Lynda<\/h3>\n

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GET a BIG FAT BONUS:<\/h2>\n

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Read it HERE!<\/a><\/h4>\n

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Get Lynda\u2019s latest book!<\/p>\n

Songs for the Pilgrimage:<\/em>\u00a0 Apple Books<\/a><\/p>\n

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

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

You are welcome to share this article but please remember to include the copyright information.<\/p>\n

I appreciate your courtesy.<\/p>\n

Make my day \u2013 Leave a Comment!<\/h4>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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The Back Story:<\/p>\n

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Published:<\/p>\n

Autumnal Prelude (poem)<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 _The Weekly Avocet, <\/em>November 14, 2021. Issue #467<\/p>\n

_Vita Brevis\u2019 Anthology# 3, Published December 29, 2021<\/p>\n

Editor: Brian Geiger<\/p>\n

_Walking by Inner Vision _From the Professor\u2019s Journal_Sept.5_2022.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Note from Lynda;<\/p>\n

This feature is posted later than usual today.<\/p>\n

Why is it so late?<\/p>\n

I’ve been hard at work developing my presentation for the Keystone Blind Association. I will do a special program on how I create art and write using technologies for the blind. 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