{"id":14143,"date":"2023-04-24T11:09:06","date_gmt":"2023-04-24T15:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/?p=14143"},"modified":"2023-04-24T11:09:06","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T15:09:06","slug":"national-poetry-month-day-11-kay-in-the-kitchen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/national-poetry-month-day-11-kay-in-the-kitchen\/","title":{"rendered":"National Poetry Month – Day 11 – Kay in the Kitchen"},"content":{"rendered":"

National Poetry Month – Day 11
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Tuesday, April 11, 2023<\/strong><\/h1>\n
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I post a new poem each day in April.<\/em><\/h3>\n

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My Books on BARD<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Kay in the Kitchen <\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n

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Kay is a Kitchen Queen<\/p>\n

feeling\u00a0 lost at the summit<\/p>\n

searching for car keys<\/p>\n

knee-deep in a kayak stream<\/p>\n

in\u00a0 southern Ohio.<\/p>\n

Kay sips\u00a0 K-cup coffee<\/p>\n

travels\u00a0 the Keystone\u00a0 kingdom<\/p>\n

her kettle boiling, lost in a Kafka story<\/p>\n

wildlife nights of frequent \u00a0flying.<\/p>\n

Kay is a record-keeper of kites in the wind.<\/p>\n

She gathers\u00a0 blue Kyanite stones.<\/p>\n

Knocks them all together.<\/p>\n

Keeps\u00a0 stitching\u00a0 her quilts<\/p>\n

like Kandinsky\u2019s gestural marks.<\/p>\n

Gathers mementos for a keepsake necklace<\/p>\n

knitting each kindness<\/p>\n

like a Keats poem.<\/p>\n

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The end.<\/p>\n

\u00a9 April 11, 2023. Lynda McKinney Lambert. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n

Published:\u00a0 Walking by Inner Vision Blog,<\/em> 11 April, 2023.<\/p>\n

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This is a FREE-FORM POEM.<\/p>\n

I gleaned the lines of this poem by making a list of 22 words that begin with “K”<\/p>\n

After that, I made a list beside those 22 words – something that matched each word.<\/p>\n

I re-arranged the lines to turn my\u00a0 list of 44 words into a Free-Form Poem. This is a\u00a0 method I use a lot in writing my poems.<\/p>\n

“Lynda’s Mixed-Salad Poem Form.”<\/p>\n

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\u00a0Give it a try an let me know how that works for you!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u00a9 April 11, 2023. Lynda McKinney Lambert. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n

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Walking by Inner Vision: Stories & Poems, \u00a92017. Lynda McKinney Lambert.
Edited and Designed at DLD Books, Denver, Colorado<\/p><\/div>\n

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My Books on BARD<\/a><\/p>\n

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NEW – 2023 – Lynda’s visit to Inspirational Journeys – <\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n

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2023 – Inspirational Journeys – Ann Harrison interviews Lynda – Listen NOW!<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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