{"id":12415,"date":"2023-07-29T18:10:47","date_gmt":"2023-07-29T22:10:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/?p=12415"},"modified":"2023-07-29T18:12:20","modified_gmt":"2023-07-29T22:12:20","slug":"garden-songs-morning-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/garden-songs-morning-song\/","title":{"rendered":"Garden Songs – “Morning Song”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Garden Songs<\/h3>\n

by Lynda McKinney Lambert<\/h3>\n

Saturday, July 29, 2023<\/h4>\n

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NEW – Just Published Today!<\/h2>\n

Published Today in The Weekly Avocet # 556.<\/p>\n

Editor: Charles Portolano<\/p>\n

The Poem:<\/h4>\n

Morning Song<\/em><\/h4>\n

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Morning begins with a snort.<\/p>\n

My canine alarm clocks<\/p>\n

trot up the white carpet stairway.<\/p>\n

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I hear muffled steps.<\/p>\n

Miss Mitchell and Miss Dixie Tulip<\/p>\n

pause at the landing<\/p>\n

give me the signal.<\/p>\n

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I am awake instantly.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve had a lifetime of practice<\/p>\n

waking up before dawn<\/p>\n

to meet the needs of others.<\/p>\n

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Like a good Mother, I hear<\/p>\n

a soft cry, tentative snort, muffled<\/p>\n

cough, or explosive sneeze.<\/p>\n

I need just a little sound of distress<\/p>\n

to go into action.<\/p>\n

Instantly,<\/p>\n

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For the felines in the family,<\/p>\n

I respond to quiet<\/p>\n

gestures, sudden movements.<\/p>\n

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I no longer bring crying babies<\/p>\n

comfort on my lap<\/p>\n

before dawn<\/p>\n

while village resident\u2019s slumber.<\/p>\n

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Mornings are still lively now.<\/p>\n

I am outside walking my dog\u2019s day or night.<\/p>\n

My dogs and cats demand an early morning breakfast at 5 a.m.<\/p>\n

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I wait for them all to finish eating.<\/p>\n

I will wash the six dirty red bowls.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s always a furry morning wake-up surprise.<\/p>\n

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The Backstory:<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n

I write about life as I experience it.
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During National Poetry Month, on April 3, 2023, <\/em>I wrote this poem.\u00a0 Here, you have an inside view of how a particular morning looked that day at my home.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a9 Lynda McKinney Lambert. April 3, 2023. Lynda McKinney Lambert. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n

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Garden Songs by Lynda McKinney Lambert Saturday, July 29, 2023   NEW – Just Published Today! Published Today in The Weekly Avocet # 556. Editor: Charles Portolano The Poem: Morning Song Morning begins with a snort. 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