{"id":6744,"date":"2020-05-12T07:59:34","date_gmt":"2020-05-12T11:59:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/?p=6744"},"modified":"2020-05-12T15:54:24","modified_gmt":"2020-05-12T19:54:24","slug":"persephone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/persephone\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembering Persephone – A Poem"},"content":{"rendered":"

Post 312<\/p>\n

May 12, \u00a02020<\/p>\n

Walking by Inner Vision<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h1>\n

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

Official Author’s Website and Blog<\/span><\/h2>\n

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Book Cover: Walking by Inner Vision: Storied & Poems by Pennsylvania Author Lynda McKinney Lambert.<\/p><\/div>\n

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A Poem from a MYTH…<\/span><\/h3>\n

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“Slowly, Suddenly Remembering Persephone”<\/span><\/h3>\n

by Lynda McKinney Lambert<\/p>\n

ripe for contemplation.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

the sun moves slowly<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

to center sky<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

stillness.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I remember <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

the springtime<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

picking flowers<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

things happen suddenly.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I drift in random circles<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

on the surface of quiet waters<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

beneath clustered branches.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

the day can change suddenly<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

no movement in the tangled leaves<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

even birds seek shade today.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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

We danced through wild flowers<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

suddenly<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

we are invisible<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

and grow old<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I shift forward<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

undulating slowly<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

to an old rhythm<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

summer\u2019s sleep returns.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Random things bring quick changes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

this evening is like<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

the moment before my birth<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

a full moon will rise this evening.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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

_____<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Copyright 2016, 2017. Lynda McKinney Lambert. All rights reserved.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Published: Lambert, Lynda McKinney. Walking by Inner Vision: Stories & Poems,<\/em> DLD books, 2017.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Note: Poem on page 93.<\/p>\n

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Slowly, Suddenly, Remembering Persephone.
\nA poem by Lynda McKinney Lambert
\nWalking by Inner Vision: Stories & Poems.
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\nFrom now until May 31. <\/p>\n Continue reading →<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3137,"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-6744","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\/2018\/05\/Lynda_withBouquet2.jpg?fit=5184%2C3888&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4gbwn-1KM","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6651,"url":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/slowly-suddenly\/","url_meta":{"origin":6744,"position":0},"title":"Slowly, Suddenly: Remembering Persephone – Day # 17","author":"Lynda Lambert","date":"April 17, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"This is Day #17 of National Poetry Month - April! 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