{"id":14878,"date":"2023-11-03T12:28:53","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T16:28:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/?p=14878"},"modified":"2025-09-14T19:24:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T23:24:18","slug":"from-the-professors-journal-if-we-live-long-enough-a-poem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/from-the-professors-journal-if-we-live-long-enough-a-poem\/","title":{"rendered":"Lynda’s Journal – Poem – If We Live Long Enough (poem)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Walking by Inner Vision presents:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Lynda\u2019s Journal \u2013 Poem
\n<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n

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by Lynda McKinney Lambert<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Lynda launched, \u201cWalking by Inner Vision Blog\u201d December 2009.<\/p>\n

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BREAKING NEWS TODAY:<\/h2>\n

NEWLY\u00a0 Published<\/h2>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/em> by Magnets & Ladders:<\/em><\/h2>\n
Active voices of\u00a0 writers with Disabilities.<\/h5>\n

\u00a0Fall\/Winter\u00a0 Edition, 2023-4<\/h4>\n

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If We Live Long Enough (Poem)<\/em><\/h5>\n

BY LYNDA MCKINNEY LAMBERT<\/p>\n

Apple trees will be loaded with fruit.
\nBountiful fall harvests will
\ncarry us through winter’s storms.
\nDespite bleak predictions that
\neverything will turn topside-turvy,
\nfeast your eyes on higher ground.
\nGardens are a gift from
\nHeaven, like a Matisse painting
\nif we live long enough.
\nJust remember to
\nkeep a faithful watch.
\nListen to wind-chimes on the porch
\nmarking our place on winds of time.
\nNot to be forgotten, or
\novertaken by fears, We were
\nplanted by the Holy Spirit, long ago.
\nQuietly, sealed in Jesus, before created time. I
\nrub my eyes in wonder, to
\nsee towering trees made by our
\nthirst-quenching, Master-Gardener.
\nUnexpected storms always abate.
\nVivid. Vulnerable. Victorious.
\nWe sit in the golden global glory
\n\u201cX’ marks our spot in the sky.
\nYesterday’s visions led us to
\nZion, our eternal home.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0<\/em>\u00a9Lynda McKinney Lambert, 2023. All rights reserved.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Lynda McKinney Lambert<\/p>\n

Author of Walking by Inner Vision: Stories & Poems; <\/em><\/p>\n

first snow<\/em>, a poetry chapbook; Star Signs: New and Selected Poems; <\/em>and<\/p>\n

Songs for the Pilgrimage, <\/em>a collection of poems and stories.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Each Day Holds Some Small Joy:\u00a0 Haiku Poems,\u00a0<\/em><\/h3>\n

is scheduled for publication<\/p>\n

on April 1, 2024.<\/p>\n

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My Mission Statement:<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

I reveal what is lost, forgotten, and\u00a0 unseen.<\/p>\n

Hebrews 11:1<\/p>\n

\u201cNow faith is the substance of things hoped for,\u00a0 the evidence of things not seen.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

<<<<<LMcL>>>>><\/em><\/p>\n

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Lynda\u2019s Bio:<\/p>\n

Lynda McKinney Lambert is an award-winning artist, teacher, and author. During her years as a tenured professor at Geneva College, she taught studio art, English literature, and lectured in art history. Lynda created a travel\/study month-long course, \u201cDrawing and Writing in Salzburg\u201d that she taught each summer in Austria, Germany, Italy, and Czech Republic until her retirement in 2008.<\/p>\n

Her first public art exhibit was in 1976. Her art is in private and public collections.<\/p>\n

Lynda\u2019s publishing career began in 1980. She currently has five published books available at Amazon and other booksellers.<\/p>\n

She tends her flower gardens, walks her dog, Miss Mitchell, cares for her SEVEN cats.<\/p>\n

Lynda is married to Bob, who was her high-school sweetheart.The couple have been married for sixty-two years. Lynda and Bob have five children, seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I am sharing my latest published poem with you today in this post.
\n“If we live long enough,” was just published by Magnets & Ladders: Active Voices of Writers with Disabilities.
\nI am deeply honored to have my work published in this new Fall\/Winter edition for 2023-4 – and my work has appeared in this publication many times since 2012. Do you ever wonder about your own thoughts on “If we live long enough?” This poem opens my life and thoughts to you from my place in the world at age eighty. Thank you for your comments and messages! You are always welcome and I deeply appreciate you. <\/p>\n Continue reading →<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14892,"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":[2065,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poetry-2","category-trusting-god"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/BirdFeeder_Detail_2020-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1920&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4gbwn-3RY","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12464,"url":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/from-lyndas-journal-philosophy-for-a-cool-water-daydream\/","url_meta":{"origin":14878,"position":0},"title":"Lynda’s Journal – poem – Philosophy for a Cool Water Daydream","author":"Lynda Lambert","date":"October 29, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Award winning poem: Philosophy for a Cool Water Daydream. 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