{"id":16902,"date":"2025-03-21T04:30:41","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T08:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/?p=16902"},"modified":"2025-09-14T16:01:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T20:01:22","slug":"from-lyndas-journal-signs-and-signals-of-early-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/from-lyndas-journal-signs-and-signals-of-early-spring\/","title":{"rendered":"Lynda\u2019s Journal ~ World Poetry Day + Poem"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lynda\u2019s Journal <\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n

World Poetry Day – March 21, 2025<\/h4>\n

~ Signs and Signals of an Early Spring ~<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

19-line Pi Poem<\/h4>\n

I am sharing this poem today to celebrate World Poetry Day, which is on March 21 every year.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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World Poetry Day celebrates one of humanity\u2019s most treasured forms of cultural and linguistic expression and identity.<\/p>\n

UNESCO first adopted 21 March as World Poetry Day during its\u00a030th General Conference in Paris in 1999<\/a>, with the aim of supporting linguistic diversity through poetic expression and increasing the opportunity for endangered languages to be heard. World Poetry Day is the occasion to honour poets, revive oral traditions of poetry recitals, promote the reading, writing and teaching of poetry, foster the convergence between poetry and other arts such as theatre, dance, music and painting, and raise the visibility of poetry in the media. As poetry continues to bring people together across continents, all are invited to join in.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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The Poem:\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n

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Signs and Signals of Early Spring<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Frosty snow<\/p>\n

leaves<\/p>\n

icy edges<\/p>\n

mark<\/p>\n

concrete stairway steps<\/p>\n

I slip my black suede winter boot tip<\/p>\n

forward<\/p>\n

slip and slide cautiously<\/p>\n

testing my balance<\/p>\n

listening<\/p>\n

slick black crow loiters<\/p>\n

levitates from snow-clad branch<\/p>\n

my two dogs reawaken my thoughts<\/p>\n

refocus concentration<\/p>\n

noses dig into crusty moist grass<\/p>\n

peacefully<\/p>\n

forage<\/p>\n

tender grubs<\/p>\n

signs and signals of early spring.<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

\u00a9Lynda McKinney Lambert, 2022, 2025. All rights<\/h5>\n
reserved.<\/h5>\n

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First Published:
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Anthology, Mingled Voices\u00a0 8\u00a0<\/em> (Page 75)\u00a0
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International Proverse Poetry Prize\u00a0 Anthology 2023;<\/p>\n

Proverse (Hong Kong) (Published 2024)<\/p>\n

See it at\u00a0 Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n

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Also published:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Magnets & Ladders: Active Voices of writers with disabilities; Spring\/Summer edition 2024.<\/p>\n

FREE :\u00a0\u00a0 read Magnets & Ladders, Here<\/a><\/h5>\n
BONUS:<\/strong>\u00a0 Behind Our Eyes: A Literary Sunburst (Anthology) NOW available at Amazon<\/a><\/h5>\n
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Below is Lynda’s Bio as it will appear\u00a0 in the summer of 2025 in<\/strong><\/h5>\n
Food, Flowers, Medicine: And Other Gifts From the Garden, Anthology, 2025<\/em><\/h5>\n

More details about this exciting new book publication\u00a0 will be announced soon as we come closer to publication day.<\/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.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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