{"id":4778,"date":"2019-04-11T03:05:51","date_gmt":"2019-04-11T07:05:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/?p=4778"},"modified":"2019-04-11T03:11:12","modified_gmt":"2019-04-11T07:11:12","slug":"flamboyant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/flamboyant\/","title":{"rendered":"Flamboyant"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Post #243<\/p>\n

April 11, 2019<\/p>\n

April is National Poetry Month<\/strong><\/em><\/h1>\n

Day 11: <\/strong><\/em><\/h1>\n

\u201cFlamboyant\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n

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Flamboyant<\/p>\n

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noisy red-winged blackbird<\/p>\n

avian show-off – pay attention!<\/p>\n

can\u2019t miss his flamboyant solos<\/p>\n

performing on stage<\/p>\n

atop swaying coattails in swamp<\/p>\n

lined-up on grey telephone wires<\/p>\n

along dusty rural roadsides<\/p>\n

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abundant red-winged songbird<\/p>\n

bold yellow and red feathers<\/p>\n

boastful emblems on his shoulders<\/p>\n

coat-of-arms brooches on wings<\/p>\n

glistening black spinel majestic bird<\/p>\n

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his mate is more conservative<\/p>\n

a shy woman in streaked brown feathers<\/p>\n

does not dress to impress<\/p>\n

doesn\u2019t care for grand-standing or glitz<\/p>\n

he seeks to entertain the crowd<\/p>\n

she calmly searches hidden brush<\/p>\n

selects twigs for warp and weft<\/p>\n

unobtrusively weaves her fancy nest.<\/p>\n

confident artist welcomes domestic solitude<\/p>\n

conjures daydreams of spring.<\/p>\n

their eggs will hatch in three weeks.<\/p>\n

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Copyright, 2018. Lynda McKinney Lambert. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n

Previous Publication: <\/em><\/h2>\n

Flamboyant (AKA noisy red-winged black bird)\u00a0 is a tanka,<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Naturewriting, <\/em><\/strong>February 16 2018<\/h3>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Star Signs: New and Selected Poems.\u00a0<\/em> <\/strong>DLD Books, 2019<\/h3>\n

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Coming in 2019:<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

***My New Book:\u00a0 Star Signs: New & Selected Poems,<\/em> DLD Books, 2019.<\/h3>\n

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Get the SCOOP on Lynda. Read it Here!<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n

National Poetry Month \u2013 see Lynda\u2019s \u00a02019 selections\u00a0 Click Here!<\/a><\/p>\n

See you at the top!<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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On Day 11 of national Poetry Month, Pennsylvania author and artist, Lynda McKinney Lambert selected a nature theme for today’s poem.<\/p>\n Continue reading →<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"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_feature_clip_id":0,"_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":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-trusting-god"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4gbwn-1f4","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14085,"url":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/14085-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":4778,"position":0},"title":"National Poetry Month – April 1, 2023- My favorite words from A to Z","author":"Lynda Lambert","date":"April 1, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"April is National Poetry Month \u00a0 In celebrating of this special month of POETRY I will post a poem each day. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 My favorite words from A to Z \u00a0 April morning rain reawakens Baroque memories of childhood dreams. 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