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\n239 pages. DLD Books, 2017<\/strong><\/center>
\n104 River Road, Ellwood City, PA 16117<\/center>
\nAmazon Kindle version, $3.99
\nAvailable from Smashwords as an E-book. $3.99<\/center>
\nI began writing full-time after retirement from teaching in the fall of 2007. I am a regular contributor to notable literary Journals including Indiana voice Journal; Breath & Shadow: Wordgathering: Magnets & Ladders; The Weekly Avocet; NatureWriting; Plum Tree Tavern; Poetry Quarterly; Tanka Review; The Pangolin Review; Spirit Fire Review;
\nand other Literary Magazines.<\/p>\n
\nProverse (Hong Kong) Prize for Single Poem Anthology, Mingled Voices #2 and Mingled Voices #3 (2017 and 2018); Behind Our Eyes: A Second Look; Behind Our Eyes: A Literary Sunburst; Artful Alchemy, Spent Blossoms (Tanka Society of America, Anthology 2016), The Avocet, and other books and anthologies.<\/p>\n
\nWalking by Inner Vision: Stories and Poems
\nPlease contact me: riverwoman@zoominternet.net<\/p>\n
\n~ Abbie Johnson Taylor, Author of My Ideal Partner, and several other books.<\/p>\n
– We are all blessed that your gift of light can be spread easily with the help of the special equipment you get to use! I got the book the first day it was available in print \ud83d\ude42 and I have been touched by everything I have read so far. It is unreal how memories expressed through words so exquisite will artfully weave themselves into your reader’s mind and go all the way to the roots to make our own forgotten memories spring up with new life! –<\/p>\n A scratch of the head The afternoon passes Old friends never notice From a hidden tree branch <\/p>\n –<\/p>\n Lambert begins with winter, which she presents as a rebirth, of nature\u2019s awakening. She recalls how the crispness of fresh snow reminds her of other childhood sensations. In another section, she shares her creative process, which, as a writer, I found fascinating. –<\/p>\n Zeolite can be colorless, white, blue and peach, <\/p>\n Regardless of the form\u2014free verse or creative non-fiction\u2014one thing remains consistent: lingering images stay with you long after the book is finished. You have been taken into the world of Lynda’s inner vision. And all is well. The artist has done her job.<\/em> –<\/p>\n
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\nare sunny and warm.
\nThere are those days
\nthat are too dismal
\neven for photos.
\nLonely days
\nthat come with old age.
\nDark days
\ndriving alone
\nwhen old memories
\nmingle among the
\nQueen-Anne\u2019s Lace
\nPurple Thistles & Chicory
\nblooming along the road.<\/center><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n
\nThank you, from the bottom of my heart, for writing and publishing for us.<\/em>
\n~ Kriszta Szak, Realtor & Amazon customer.<\/p>\n
\ncomfort each other
\nrelaxed conversation.<\/p>\n
\nA nod, touch of the arm
\na gesture of the hand, a look.<\/p>\n
\ntwo pigeons fly
\nunder the bench.<\/p>\n
\npeople walking by
\nthey only see each other.<\/p>\n
\na bird begins to sing
\na love song to them.<\/p>\n
\nThis unique and varied collection can be read a one\u2019s leisure, something to keep on the coffee table or by the bedside for those times when a little inspiration and comfort is sought. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and would recommend it for gift giving season for any creative individual<\/em>
\n. ~ Anne Chiappetta, Author of Upwelling: Poems<\/p>\n
\nSolidified, and fossilized.
\nBoji Stones brought healing to painful memories,
\ngrounded high spiritual vibrations.
\nCrystal quartz cleared the room of negative energies,
\nbrought healing to those who lost hope.
\nDragon\u2019s Blood was also christened as costly Cinnabar
\nshe helped change your image.
\nEmerald stood surrounded by palest green rays of light,
\nprotected from evil enchantments, foretold the future.
\nFluorite made me smile when I touched her soft curves,
\ncelestial rainbow of clear, blue, green brown, and yellow.
\nGarnet gemstones surrounded us with beauty from the earth,
\nmined and carved, and tumbled smooth.
\nHematite, a heavy magnetic stone, harmonized and balanced the
\nspirit, supported timid women and boosted self esteem.
\nIolite, so very small and translucent; a delicate stone,
\nchanged her colors with the angle of light.
\nJadeite, translucent, soft, and green; hidden away,
\nsmooth and silky in my pocket.
\nKunzite\u2019s delicate shades in lilac, pink, or yellow
\ntranslucent, transparent, mood lifting effects.
\nLabrodarite, my favorite gem, reminded me of the deep
\nwater\u2019s reflections on a summer day.
\nMalachite held layers of copper between her spiteful greens,
\npowerful stone of the new millennium.
\nNebula stones are small with unique metaphysical properties,
\ngaze into it and you\u2019ll be moved to new places in the universe.
\nObsidian sang of a black winter night with snowflakes falling on
\nthe shiny opaque glass-like surface
\nPrecious opal stones, cleansed in the light at full moon
\na fiery glow, in the morning light.<\/center>Quartz clusters gathered deep secrets,
\nin their helical spiral crystalline forms.
\nRainbows flourished inside the dense earth
\na harvest of vibrant mysteries.
\nSerpentine, a talisman of water worn black-green stones,
\nwere said to assure the wearer of longevity.
\nTiger\u2019s Eye beads in yellow-brown, pink, blue, red,
\nwere used as protection against ill will.
\nUnikite is a circus of tumbled stones
\nplaced gently in bowl, brought calm to your home.
\nVarsite sang the songs of encouragement,
\nhope and courage to those who gave up.
\nWulfenite brings knowledge from ancient temples of Egypt or Greece,
\nbrought spiritual vibrations down to earth.
\nX represents the signature of the Creator\u2019s hand
\nas He fashioned and planted each precious gem.
\nYellow Calcite, the silent stone, brought healing,
\nfrom darkness inside the fertile earth,<\/p>\n
\na group of all kinds of crystals, living together
\nin a matrix of a harmonic rainbow.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n~ Beckie Ann Horter, Pennsylvania writer, Peer Advisor for American Foundation for the Blind.<\/p>\n