{"id":13074,"date":"2025-09-19T13:17:55","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T17:17:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/?p=13074"},"modified":"2025-09-19T13:17:55","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T17:17:55","slug":"lyndas-journal_haiku_poem-and-recordings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/lyndas-journal_haiku_poem-and-recordings\/","title":{"rendered":"Lynda’s Journal – 3 Haiku – Post 714"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Lynda’s Journal –<\/h3>\n
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Photo: Sunflower
Courtesy of my sister, Patti McKinney Gibson, from her garden.<\/p><\/div>\n

by Lynda McKinney Lambert<\/h3>\n

Post 714<\/h4>\n

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First I’ll share a few books that feature Haiku Poems!<\/p>\n

Books to Explore:<\/h3>\n

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The Narrow Road to the Deep North,<\/em> by Matsuo Basho<\/a><\/p>\n

Braided Creek<\/em> (by Ted Kooser and Jim Harrison<\/a><\/p>\n

Each Day Holds Some Small Joy, <\/em>by\u00a0Lynda McKinney Lambert<\/a><\/p>\n

The Spring of my Life, by\u00a0 Kobayashi Issa,<\/a><\/p>\n

Fold Me a Poem, by Kristine O’Connell George<\/a><\/p>\n

Three Simple Lines, by Natalie Goldberg<\/a><\/p>\n

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Three Haiku Poems<\/p>\n

by Lynda McKinney Lambert<\/h3>\n

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__1<\/p>\n

brown tiger cat<\/p>\n

hides among twilight shadows<\/p>\n

frightened and hungry.<\/p>\n

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__2<\/p>\n

brown girls waiting<\/p>\n

clay crocks on old stone stairway<\/p>\n

soft afternoon rain.<\/p>\n

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__3<\/p>\n

morning dove descends<\/p>\n

from sturdy, large wood plank\u00a0 fence<\/p>\n

bird bath, cool water.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u00a0My\u00a0 3 haiku\u00a0 poems\u00a0 \u00a0are\u00a0 published\u00a0 in\u00a0 The Weekly Avocet,<\/em> August 11, 2024, Issue #10<\/span><\/p>\n

My gratitude to Charles Portolano, Editor, for supporting my work in many of his publications.<\/p>\n

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Below is Lynda\u2019s Bio as it\u00a0 appears\u00a0 in the summer of 2025 in<\/h5>\n
Food, Flowers, Medicine: And Other Gifts From the Garden, Anthology, 2025<\/em><\/h5>\n

Want to know more bout this new book?\u00a0 \u00a0Read\u00a0 here<\/a><\/p>\n

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Lynda McKinney Lambert writes and creates visual art from her vintage home in the Village of Wurtemburg, in Western Pennsylvania. She writes poetry and personal nonfiction essays. She currently has six published books available at all retail booksellers. Her artworks have appeared in international exhibitions, including Japan, New Guinea, Austria, and the United States.\u00a0 Lynda retired from her position as Professor of Fine Art and Humanities at Geneva College in 2008 due to profound sight loss. She invites readers to discover the subtle nuances\u00a0 and beauty of a physical and spiritual world as she weaves strands from history, nature, and her personal life experiences.<\/p>\n

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\u00a9<\/a>Lynda McKinney Lambert, 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Lynda’s Journal – by Lynda McKinney Lambert Post 714   First I’ll share a few books that feature Haiku Poems! Books to Explore: \u00a0\u00a0 The Narrow Road to the Deep North, by Matsuo Basho Braided Creek (by Ted Kooser …<\/span> Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"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":[2225,2368,2036,2065],"tags":[2282,1955],"class_list":["post-13074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-from-lyndas-journal","category-lyndas-journal","category-nature-3","category-poetry-2","tag-poetry","tag-seasons"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4gbwn-3oS","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12433,"url":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/garden-song-yellow-day-lilies\/","url_meta":{"origin":13074,"position":0},"title":"Garden Song – Yellow Day Lilies","author":"Lynda Lambert","date":"April 22, 2024","format":"video","excerpt":"Garden Song \u2013\u00a0 Yellow Daylilies \u00a0A Series of Poems & Prayers A Haiku poem from my Garden Song Series - Yellow Day Lilies by Lynda McKinney Lambert","rel":"","context":"In "#Trusting God"","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\/2024\/04\/19_Garden_lillies1.jpg?fit=1200%2C1023&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/19_Garden_lillies1.jpg?fit=1200%2C1023&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/19_Garden_lillies1.jpg?fit=1200%2C1023&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/19_Garden_lillies1.jpg?fit=1200%2C1023&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/19_Garden_lillies1.jpg?fit=1200%2C1023&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":12474,"url":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/from-lyndas-journal-haiku\/","url_meta":{"origin":13074,"position":1},"title":"ynda’s Journal – Haiku","author":"Lynda Lambert","date":"September 2, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Lynda's Journal - Haiku by Lynda McKinney Lambert Date - 2022 \u00a0 The following haiku and poem of mine were published last year in the November 14th issue of The Weekly Avocet. 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