{"id":7791,"date":"2020-12-04T09:49:56","date_gmt":"2020-12-04T14:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/?p=7791"},"modified":"2020-12-04T09:52:47","modified_gmt":"2020-12-04T14:52:47","slug":"forever-susan-lily-a-poem-by-lynda-mckinney-lambert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/forever-susan-lily-a-poem-by-lynda-mckinney-lambert\/","title":{"rendered":"Forever, Susan Lily – Poem"},"content":{"rendered":"

Forever,\u00a0\u00a0Susan Lily<\/span><\/h1>\n

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Photo: Forever Susan Lily – by Spring Hill Nurseries.<\/p>\n

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This poem is a gift from<\/p>\n

Lynda McKinney Lambert \u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

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“Forever, Susan Lily,”<\/span> is to \u00a0appear in the Winter 2020 Issue of<\/h4>\n

The Avocet: Journal of Nature Poetry<\/span>\u00a0<\/em> HERE!<\/a><\/h4>\n

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Forever, Susan Lily<\/em><\/h2>\n

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Archetypal clusters of Forever Susan Lily<\/p>\n

bulbs arrived in the mail<\/p>\n

cushioned with hoary moss<\/p>\n

dusty bulbs and dry Iris corms.<\/p>\n

Every single one will have a winter’s nap.<\/p>\n

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Forever Susan Asiatic Lilies<\/p>\n

glorious manifestations beside<\/p>\n

Hyacinth mix of purple and pink.<\/p>\n

I imagine them thriving next spring.<\/p>\n

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Just think, How does Mother Nature<\/p>\n

keep bulbs in frozen soil? I know she’s<\/p>\n

laughing at winter snowstorms.<\/p>\n

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My pipedream endures for<\/p>\n

Nature has perfect timing in her<\/p>\n

ornate drawers of dreams-come-true.<\/p>\n

Purple Dusky Challengers with black beards<\/p>\n

quivering and tall.<\/p>\n

Representative ambassadors<\/p>\n

singing life-force.<\/p>\n

That is who you are<\/p>\n

, underground secrets of winter.<\/p>\n

Victorious prize-winners<\/p>\n

warbles in secretive clusters.<\/p>\n

Xerophytic, ferns asleep in rocks and rubble<\/p>\n

yearnings by washed-out pathways when it’s<\/p>\n

zero degrees in the sunshine.<\/p>\n

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___the end.<\/p>\n

\u00a9 2020. Lynda McKinney Lambert. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n

How did the poem begin to take shape in my mind?<\/p>\n

I was thinking of the bulbs and corms that arrived and how I had to get them planted before the ground freezes. The other thing that was on my mind was the beautiful ferns that are now in decay in my Zen Meditation Garden. Who could ever imagine how glorious they were for several months before our first frost that ruined them?<\/p>\n

I know the word “Xerophytic”, is correct but the diminutive is so commonly used that I thought I’d use the proper plant name in my poem.\u00a0\u00a0 In either case, it refers to a group of ferns that live in very arid places where you would never expect a fern to live. One thinks of ferns as living in damp shady spots, but many of them live in the sands of the desert or in the rocks and rubble of barren hillsides. They use several different stratagems to accomplish this.<\/p>\n

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I purchased my Forever Susan Lily Asiatic bulbs from<\/h3>\n

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I’ve purchased trees, bushes, bulbs, and flowering plants from Spring Hill Nurseries for decades. I have lived in my home in Western Pennsylvania since 1967 – just about every plant in our landscape came from this nursery over the years.\u00a0 Highly recommend them for whatever you might be looking for in the coming year.<\/p>\n

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“Forever, Susan Lily,”\u00a0 poem, will appear in the Winter 2020 Issue of The Avocet:<\/em> Check it out here!<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Each of the 3 flowers mentioned in this poem can be purchased at Spring Hill Nursery – Visit NOW.<\/a><\/p>\n

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