{"id":4991,"date":"2019-04-19T08:34:24","date_gmt":"2019-04-19T12:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/?p=4991"},"modified":"2019-04-19T08:39:53","modified_gmt":"2019-04-19T12:39:53","slug":"easter-sunday-morning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/easter-sunday-morning\/","title":{"rendered":"Easter Sunday Morning"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Post 253<\/h4>\n<p>April 19, 2019<\/p>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Easter Sunday Morning<\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">early morning choir twitters and chirps<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">from deep inside bushes and trees<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">accompanied by low, long tones<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">wheels turning against the pavement.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">hidden sun brightens the sky<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">somewhere behind layers of grey mist<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">softly darkening Norway \u00a0maple branches<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">starkly naked springtime trees.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I made no special plans for today<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">no Easter bouquet or new lavender dress<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Instead, I recline on soft pillows<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">write on journal pages.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I listen and watch.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A dark opening of a hillside tomb<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">dances through my thoughts<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">somewhere in the Eastern world<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">old dreams continue.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I ponder the meaning of this<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Resurrection morning.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">***<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Written 1990. Revised 2019.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><em>First Published~<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cNow\u2026we are three: Four Pennsylvania Poets\u201d Chapbook. 2000.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Lynda McKinney Lambert. Copyright 2019 All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Lynda&#8217;s Poems:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/lyndas-poems\/\">Click here to read more poems!<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>SHARE THE HAPPINESS.<\/strong><\/em><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Share this post with friends on Social Media.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I only ask that you share the entire article AND the copyright information.<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>I\u2019ll See YOU at the Top!<\/strong><\/em><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/38eaglesnestchalet.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3320\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/berchtesgadener-street-stone\/38eaglesnestchalet\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/38eaglesnestchalet.jpg?fit=600%2C394&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,394\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"38eaglesnestchalet\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/38eaglesnestchalet.jpg?fit=600%2C394&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3320 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/38eaglesnestchalet.jpg?resize=300%2C197\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/38eaglesnestchalet.jpg?resize=300%2C197 300w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/38eaglesnestchalet.jpg?w=600 600w\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/38eaglesnestchalet.jpg?fit=600%2C394\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/38eaglesnestchalet.jpg?fit=300%2C197\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-title=\"38eaglesnestchalet\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-orig-size=\"600,394\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/38eaglesnestchalet.jpg?fit=600%2C394\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/berchtesgadener-street-stone\/38eaglesnestchalet\/\" data-attachment-id=\"3320\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Easter Sunday Morning,&#8221; 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