{"id":14132,"date":"2023-04-07T09:55:45","date_gmt":"2023-04-07T13:55:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/?p=14132"},"modified":"2023-04-18T10:45:14","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T14:45:14","slug":"national-poetry-month-day-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/national-poetry-month-day-7\/","title":{"rendered":"National Poetry Month – Day 7 – James Addison Kirker"},"content":{"rendered":"

National Poetry Month – Day 7
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Friday, April 7, 2023<\/strong><\/h1>\n
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I post a new poem each day in April.<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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National Poetry Month – Day 7<\/p>\n

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An Acrostic Poem about my grandfather, James Addison Kirker.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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James Addison Kirker<\/p>\n

1883 – 1955<\/p>\n

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James built western Pennsylvania houses<\/p>\n

Attended Wurtemburg Methodist church<\/p>\n

Music filled his home with melodies<\/p>\n

Evening family concerts of cornet, alto sax, and piano<\/p>\n

Seven children were his heritage<\/p>\n

Always called his wife \u201cDutch\u201d<\/p>\n

Dedicated to work for food<\/p>\n

During the Great Depression<\/p>\n

Inclement weather made no difference<\/p>\n

Supported his family with his bare hands<\/p>\n

Only drove his Cadillac on Sunday mornings<\/p>\n

Nine passengers arrived on time<\/p>\n

Kirkers and Kieslings filled the pews<\/p>\n

In the little country church where I grew up<\/p>\n

Revivals. Sunday worship. Wednesday prayers<\/p>\n

Kirker and Kiesling families with babies and elders<\/p>\n

Every meal blessed by a prayer<\/p>\n

Resting forever in hill-top mausoleum beside his wife, Ida Matilda.<\/p>\n

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\u00a9 April 7, 2023. Lynda McKinney Lambert. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n

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Would you like to write a poem today <\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n

about your grandparents?<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n

You can put the letters of their name in a vertical column down the left side of your page.<\/p>\n

Now, you can create a poetic line that describes your grandparent.\u00a0 Use the letter at the beginning of each line to create your personal poem in this way.\u00a0 This is an ACROSTIC poem.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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\u00a9 April 7, 2023. Lynda McKinney Lambert. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n

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