{"id":6510,"date":"2020-04-01T12:01:03","date_gmt":"2020-04-01T16:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/?p=6510"},"modified":"2020-04-02T10:31:04","modified_gmt":"2020-04-02T14:31:04","slug":"a-poem-a-day-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/a-poem-a-day-1\/","title":{"rendered":"A Poem-a-Day &#8211; National Poetry Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Post #303<\/p>\n<p>April 1, 2020<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><em><strong>National Poetry Month<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><em><strong>A Poem &#8211; a- Day<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>a <span style=\"color: #008000;\">GIFT<\/span> from<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><em><strong>Pennsylvania Author<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>Lynda McKinney Lambert<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">we shelter in place<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">national poetry month<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I will write haiku<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>*<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">each day brings splendor<br \/>\nyellow daffodils blooming<br \/>\ncaptured in photo<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/20_April1_Daffodil7_RiseUpand-Shine-scaled.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6515\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/a-poem-a-day-1\/20_april1_daffodil7_riseupand-shine\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/20_April1_Daffodil7_RiseUpand-Shine-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1411&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1411\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DSC-HX300&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1585622648&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.76&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20_April1_Daffodil7_RiseUpand Shine\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/20_April1_Daffodil7_RiseUpand-Shine-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C847&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/20_April1_Daffodil7_RiseUpand-Shine-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1129&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/20_April1_Daffodil7_RiseUpand-Shine-scaled.jpg?w=2160&amp;ssl=1 2160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/20_April1_Daffodil1_closeup-scaled.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6517\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/a-poem-a-day-1\/20_april1_daffodil1_closeup\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/20_April1_Daffodil1_closeup-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1920&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1920\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DSC-HX300&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1585622377&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;8.41&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20_April1_Daffodil1_closeup\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/20_April1_Daffodil1_closeup-scaled.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6517\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/20_April1_Daffodil1_closeup.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/20_April1_Daffodil1_closeup-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/20_April1_Daffodil1_closeup-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/20_April1_Daffodil1_closeup-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/20_April1_Daffodil1_closeup-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/20_April1_Daffodil1_closeup-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/20_April1_Daffodil1_closeup-scaled.jpg?w=2160&amp;ssl=1 2160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">daffodils pop<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">flourish from hidden places<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">moist brown \u00a0leaf carpet<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">***<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Courtesy of Lynda McKinney Lambert, Pennsylvania Author and Visual Artist.<\/p>\n<p>Poetry and Photography by Lynda McKinney Lambert.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright, April 1, 2020. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/bio-books\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">My bio &amp; books<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Poem-a-Day, by Lynda McKinney Lambert.<br \/>\nPennsylvania&#8217;s award-winning poet, author and artist is writing a poem every day in April for National Poetry Month.<br \/>\nEach day her blog will feature a new poem, and a photo she took that day.<br \/>\nThank you so kindly for your interest in art and poetry!<\/p>\n <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/a-poem-a-day-1\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6514,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_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}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trusting-god"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DSC09718-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1920&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4gbwn-1H0","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14114,"url":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/national-poetry-month-day-3\/","url_meta":{"origin":6510,"position":0},"title":"National Poetry Month &#8211; Day 3 &#8211; &#8220;Good morning, my Friend&#8221;","author":"Lynda Lambert","date":"April 4, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"\"Good Morning, My Friend,\" is a FOUND POEM. 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