{"id":12490,"date":"2022-09-19T07:35:29","date_gmt":"2022-09-19T11:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/?p=12490"},"modified":"2024-09-07T19:30:07","modified_gmt":"2024-09-07T23:30:07","slug":"a-poem-from-the-professors-journal_autumn-in-western-pennsylvania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/a-poem-from-the-professors-journal_autumn-in-western-pennsylvania\/","title":{"rendered":"From Lynda’s Journal – Autumn in Western Pennsylvania"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Poem ~ From the Professor’s Journal –<\/h3>\n

Autumn in Western Pennsylvania<\/h4>\n

by Lynda McKinney Lambert<\/h3>\n

September 19, 2022<\/h3>\n

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The Poem: Autumn in Western Pennsylvania<\/em><\/p>\n

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Autumn in Western Pennsylvania<\/em><\/strong><\/h6>\n

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Autumnal manifestations are steady<\/p>\n

Bold electric-ginger and enflamed ruby tints<\/p>\n

Colorful displays in dense forests<\/p>\n

Driving dusty rural back roads<\/p>\n

Every bush and tree in an uproar<\/p>\n

Fussy dissonance<\/p>\n

Grab your camera<\/p>\n

Hullabaloo and hubbub<\/p>\n

In progress<\/p>\n

Just as seasons shift<\/p>\n

Kayak down the Allegheny River<\/p>\n

Living forms transform the shoreline<\/p>\n

Materialization is measured<\/p>\n

Noisy Canada geese head south<\/p>\n

On-going migrations<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh, Altoona, Erie, Johnstown<\/p>\n

Quietly ride downstream in a<\/p>\n

Riverboat foliage tour<\/p>\n

September through November<\/p>\n

Trek around at your leisure<\/p>\n

Unravel the history of<\/p>\n

Villages settled in sixteenth century<\/p>\n

Western Pennsylvania\u2019s trails challenge<\/p>\n

Xenials to senior citizens.<\/p>\n

You will add some<\/p>\n

Zing to your life!<\/p>\n

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

This poem was written on August 7, 2022<\/p>\n

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The Backstory:<\/h4>\n

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\u00a0<\/span>I wanted to write about the subtle shifting that begins as the landscape transitions from Summer into Autumn. There is a gentle change that begins relatively unnoticed as the nights start to cool down.<\/span><\/p>\n

I try to memorize the landscape so I can carry back those observations, feelings, and physical aspects of a day or particular moment. Often, I pay attention as I sit in my Amish rocking chair on the porch. I look out over the fenced-in garden area. I listen carefully for little rustlings in the shady areas, the swift movements of a bird taking flight, and the sounds coming from the creek just below the ridge.<\/span><\/p>\n

This poem comes from those observations, and I organized it into the ABECEDARIAN form. Each line begins with a letter of the alphabet. A careful reading will reveal the letters of the alphabet going down the left side of the poem, from A to Z.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What do you think?<\/span><\/p>\n

Would you like to try writing an ABECEDARIAN POEM?<\/span><\/p>\n

I begin by making a vertical line down my page, starting with \u201cA\u201d and ending with \u201cZ.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

<<<<2022>>>><\/p>\n

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As Autumn approaches, I sit down on try to write about the daily changes that are taking place here in western Pennsylvania. What is Autumn like where you live? <\/p>\n Continue reading →<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11152,"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":"","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":[1934],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-writing-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Letter-to-Jack-Frost-scaled.jpg?fit=1707%2C2560&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4gbwn-3fs","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11186,"url":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/poem_-i-am-immersed-in-a-river-from-the-professors-journal\/","url_meta":{"origin":12490,"position":0},"title":"From Lynda’s Journal ~ I am immersed in a river~","author":"Lynda Lambert","date":"June 13, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"American poet, Lynda McKinney Lambert shares her poem about spending a fall day in a red canoe on the Allegheny River is western Pennsylvania. 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