{"id":6555,"date":"2020-04-04T12:04:35","date_gmt":"2020-04-04T16:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/?p=6555"},"modified":"2020-04-04T12:08:56","modified_gmt":"2020-04-04T16:08:56","slug":"soul-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/soul-food\/","title":{"rendered":"“Soul-food_ A Poem-a-Day, #4"},"content":{"rendered":"

Post # 306<\/p>\n

4 April 2020<\/p>\n

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National Poetry Month<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

A Poem \u2013 a- Day<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n

a GIFT from<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Pennsylvania Author<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n

Lynda McKinney Lambert<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n

\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

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For National Poetry Month – April 2020 – I’ve set my intentions to write a new poem each day.<\/p>\n

So far, I am enjoying an exploration of the TRITINA POEM FORM.<\/p>\n

My poem today is “Soul-food,” which is \u00a0a Tritina.<\/p>\n

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Soul-food<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n

by Lynda McKinney Lambert<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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What comes to mind when I mention soul-food?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Is it something beige and boring, like hummus?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Maybe the taste of a fresh-baked buttered bun?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Blended with olive oil, tahini, lemon juice, and garlic on a bun?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

A Middle-eastern delight of exotic soul-food<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

My go-to food is chickpeas ground into hummus.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I am convinced the best treat on earth is homemade hummus<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Sprinkle in pine nuts or chili peppers and spread on a sesame seed bun<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

It’s an easy-to-make healthy nutritious soul-food<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

My favorite soul-food is a glob of hummus with black olives plopped on a fresh poppy-seed bun.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span>*<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

How\u00a0\u00a0to Write This Poem?<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n

Tritina Poem<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Tritina has 3, 3-line stanzas. (9 lines, plus an envoy line)<\/p>\n

Tritina begins by selecting\u00a0 3 words. Each will be used \u00a0for line endings.<\/p>\n

\u00a0In this \u00a0poem, I chose 3 words:<\/span><\/h3>\n

soul-food – hummus – bun<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n

Tritina ends with a FINAL LINE and\u00a0 that line contains all 3 of your previously selected words.<\/p>\n

Keep those words in your final line and in the same order\u00a0 as when you selected them.<\/p>\n

*<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The pattern looks like this<\/p>\n

Lines 1 2 3\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2013 End words of lines in first tercet.<\/p>\n

Lines 3 1 2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2013 End words of lines in second tercet.<\/p>\n

Lines 2 3 1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2013 End words of lines in third tercet.<\/p>\n

The ENVOY\u00a0\u00a0Line (1 2 3)\u00a0 \u2013 All 3 of your words are in the final line.<\/p>\n

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For more details \u2013 click here.<\/a><\/p>\n

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GOOD TO KNOW:<\/span><\/p>\n

Row 10 of the Tritina is the final line.<\/span><\/p>\n

It can also be called an Envoi or envoy<\/b>\u00a0in\u00a0poetry.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0This line is used to describe: a short stanza at the end of a poem<\/b>\u00a0such as ballad, used either to address an imagined or actual person or to comment on the preceding body of the\u00a0poem<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

***<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Read another Tritina Poem by Lynda \u201cEggplant Parmesan and Spaghetti\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

Courtesy of Lynda McKinney Lambert, Pennsylvania Author and Visual Artist.<\/p>\n

Poetry and Photography by Lynda McKinney Lambert.<\/p>\n

Copyright, April 4, 2020. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n

My bio & books<\/a><\/p>\n

*<\/p>\n

Lynda\u2019s Note:<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n

Today is DAY #4 of National Poetry Month.<\/p>\n

Thank you for your interest and enjoyment of my daily poem and photographs.<\/p>\n

It is my pleasure to share a little piece of my world – <\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n

The Village of Wurttemburg, in western Pennsylvania.\u00a0<\/strong> <\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n

.<\/p>\n

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For more details \u2013 click here.<\/a><\/p>\n

***<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Read another Poem by Lynda Read it here!<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Courtesy of Lynda McKinney Lambert, Pennsylvania Author and Visual Artist.<\/p>\n

Poetry and Photography by Lynda McKinney Lambert.<\/p>\n

Copyright, April 4, 2020. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n

My bio & books<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

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Today is Day 4 of National Poetry Month. Pennsylvania author is writing a new poem each day of this month. Today, her poem is “Soul-food.”
\nWhat do you consider to be soul-food?
\nWhat food makes your mouth water and makes you smile just to think of eating it?
\nFind out what Lynda likes best – read her new poem, “Soul-food.”<\/p>\n Continue reading →<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":952,"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_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-6555","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\/2015\/05\/Photo15_LLambert_Home-Made-BreaCOMP1.jpg?fit=350%2C336&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4gbwn-1HJ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8685,"url":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/national-poetry-month-april-1-soul-food\/","url_meta":{"origin":6555,"position":0},"title":"Soul Food – April – National Poetry Month","author":"Lynda Lambert","date":"March 31, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"April is National Poetry Month. 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