{"id":2745,"date":"2017-09-06T16:53:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-06T21:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/?p=2745"},"modified":"2022-05-28T22:43:28","modified_gmt":"2022-05-29T02:43:28","slug":"gracefulchoreography-poem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/gracefulchoreography-poem\/","title":{"rendered":"August Mornings – Graceful Choreography"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We have said “good-bye” to August. I will share this poem which I wrote that final week. It was published in “The Weekly Avocet” by editor Charles Portolano. The poem came out just in time for my 74th birthday celebration on August 27, 2017.<\/p>\n

But upon further research in my archives, I found that this poem was published in a chapbook originally.
\nThis poem was published in my latest book, Star Signs: New and Selected Poems.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0August Mornings.<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

he first announcements of shifting seasons<\/p>\n

begin to materialize early on August mornings<\/p>\n

Under-stated changes happened slowly<\/p>\n

when the purple Pokeweed hangs in long clusters<\/p>\n

beneath hearty leaves along the well-worn pathway.<\/p>\n

Grasses in the meadow display delicate daisy clusters<\/p>\n

urgently beckon me to pay attention today<\/p>\n

Tread lightly through the grass.<\/p>\n

I cast my attention towards the Queen of Summer<\/p>\n

Standing in the meadow,<\/p>\n

I remain motionless, wide-eyed, surrounded<\/p>\n

as the celadon green stems<\/p>\n

display the Queen-Anne\u2019s Lace in full bloom.<\/p>\n

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These graceful ballet dancer’s hover<\/p>\n

on the warm August breeze.<\/p>\n

Orchestrations in rural fields and along roadsides<\/p>\n

They each remember to arrive at this time every year<\/p>\n

Nothing can prevent the shifting waves of change<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll wait patiently for the blue Chicory to join the dance<\/p>\n

In her wisdom, Nature placed them together on a stage<\/p>\n

floral dancers on a late-summer stage.<\/p>\n

Graceful choreography.<\/p>\n

Give them a standing ovation.<\/p>\n

*<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n
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Journal Entry: August 1, 2017.<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n

\u00a0My early morning walk with my 2 dogs today was so pleasant. It\u2019s not too hot\u00a0right now\u00a0\u00a0in western Pennsylvania.\u00a0 I\u2019ve noticed how the sounds of nature change with each new month. The activities of the local birds have changed. No longer are they in the middle of nest building or babysitting. The little babies have grown up now and left their nests and the sounds of the insects has become more intense with the shifting of the season.\u00a0 In the meadow behind my house, the flowering plants have changed, too.\u00a0\u00a0 Recently, I saw\u00a0\u00a0that the Queen-Ann\u2019s Lace is in full bloom on tall stalks, hovering about all the other plants. They are truly glorious. But, for me, the test of all August blooms will be when the blue Chicory begins to bloom right alongside the Queen Ann\u2019s Lace. They will mingle into natural bouquets like none other. This is the exact moment I wait for all Summer long. I don\u2019t pick them or bring them into the house. I prefer to walk through the meadow and meander among the plants to enjoy them exactly where they have bloomed. It\u2019s a lyrical feeling,\u00a0being part of all of this glory, right there among the plants and blooms of August. Somehow, I don\u2019t know why or how, but when I walk\u00a0outside and enjoy the myriad of Nature\u2019s delights, I am a dancer moving along gracefully on a stage to an eternal choreography.\u201d)\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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Lynda McKinney Lambert. Copyright 2017. All rights reser@zoominternet.net<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Lynda McKinney Lambert\u00a0 lives and writes in\u00a0 western Pennsylvania.<\/strong><\/p>\n

She is the author of 5 books:<\/p>\n

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Songs for the Pilgrimage, 2021.<\/p>\n

first snow, a chapbook.\u00a0 January 1,2020.Star Signs: New and Selected Poems,2019.<\/p>\n

Walking by Inner Vision: Stories & Poems, DLD Books, 2017<\/p>\n

Concerti: Psalms for the Pilgrimage, Kota Press, 2003.<\/p>\n

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\nLynda is a retired professor fine arts and humanities from Geneva College, Beaver Falls, PA.<\/p>\n

Her retirement in 2008 opened the door for her to work full-time at her writing and art making passions.<\/p>\n

Lynda lost most of her vision in 2007, due to Ischemic Optic Neuropathy.\u00a0 This challenge has not kept her from producing her creative work or from teaching. Her art is exhibited in international and national exhibitions and her writing is published in\u00a0 a variety\u00a0\u00a0of literary venues.<\/p>\n

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Note: This poem was first published as August Mornings,<\/span><\/em> in 2017. Lynda changed the title to\u00a0 Graceful Choreography<\/em>, <\/span>when she included it in her new book, Star Signs:<\/span> New and Selected Poems<\/span>, <\/em>published in 2019. It was published again under the new title on August 25, 2019, by\u00a0 The Weekly Avocet<\/span>, Issue #305.” Just a little poem history tidbit on this particular poem!<\/p>\n

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Our truest life is when we are in our dreams – awake. ~ Henry David Thoreau<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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These graceful ballet dancers hover<\/p>\n

on the warm August breeze.<\/p>\n

Orchestrations in rural fields and along roadsides<\/p>\n

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