{"id":12429,"date":"2023-03-15T14:40:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-15T18:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/?p=12429"},"modified":"2023-04-18T11:58:22","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T15:58:22","slug":"garden-songs-signs-and-signals-of-early-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/garden-songs-signs-and-signals-of-early-spring\/","title":{"rendered":"Garden Songs  &#8211; Signs and Signals of Early Spring"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"font-inherit\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Garden Songs &#8211; A Pi Poem<\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"font-inherit\" style=\"text-align: center;\">by Lynda McKinney Lambert<\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"font-inherit\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Date &#8211; March 15, 2023<\/h3>\n<h1 class=\"font-inherit\"><strong>*<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(19-line Pi Poem)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Signs and Signals of Early Spring<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Frosty snow<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">leaves<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">icy edges<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">mark<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">concrete stairway steps<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I slip my black suede winter boot tip<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">forward<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">slip and slide cautiously<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">testing my balance<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">listening<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">slick crow loiters<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">levitates from snow-clad branch<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">my two dogs reawaken my thoughts<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">refocus concentration<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">noses dig into crusty moist grass<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">peacefully<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">forage<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">tender grubs<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">signs and signals of early spring.<\/p>\n<p>*<\/p>\n<p><em>Signs and Signals of Early Spring<\/em> \u00a9Lynda McKinney Lambert, 2023. 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