{"id":8712,"date":"2021-04-24T11:40:32","date_gmt":"2021-04-24T15:40:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/?p=8712"},"modified":"2021-04-24T11:58:31","modified_gmt":"2021-04-24T15:58:31","slug":"a-perfect-summer-thunderstorm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/a-perfect-summer-thunderstorm\/","title":{"rendered":"Poetry &#8211; A Perfect Summer Thunderstorm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><strong>*<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h1><\/h1>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/pexels-photo-975771.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8794\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/a-perfect-summer-thunderstorm\/pexels-photo-975771\/\" 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\/><\/a><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">David Ria\u00f1o Cort\u00e9s<\/p>\n<div class=\"rd__button-group\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><button class=\"js-follow js-follow-360619 rd__button rd__button--compact rd__button--follow--active\" data-initialized=\"true\" data-follow-track-label=\"profile\" data-user-id=\"360619\" data-tooltip=\"Follow their newest uploads on your homepage\">Following<\/button><\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/pexels-photo-975771.jpeg\">See more photos by:<\/a><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">David Ria\u00f1o Cort\u00e9s<\/p>\n<div class=\"rd__button-group\"><\/div>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><strong>*<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>A Perfect Summer\u00a0 Thunderstorm<\/h3>\n<p>by Lynda McKinney Lambert, 2020<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Nature performs a pre-dawn<\/p>\n<p>concerto of red cardinal<\/p>\n<p>and red-breasted robin<\/p>\n<p>birdsongs.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Daybreak.<\/p>\n<p>Early summer landscape<\/p>\n<p>permeated by a hot breeze<\/p>\n<p>a short gust<\/p>\n<p>sporadic puffs<\/p>\n<p>intense rain<\/p>\n<p>on yellow zinnias.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Japanese maple tree is<\/p>\n<p>A crimson waterfall<\/p>\n<p>of intricate cut leaves<\/p>\n<p>splashed onto stony ground<\/p>\n<p>conceals<\/p>\n<p>hidden mourning dove<\/p>\n<p>crouched silently in shadows<\/p>\n<p>spreads sturdy grey wings low<\/p>\n<p>shelters her nest<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Evening.<\/p>\n<p>Wild plants flourish<\/p>\n<p>like an invasion<\/p>\n<p>in a wind-swept vortex<\/p>\n<p>preoccupied with infiltration<\/p>\n<p>planting and sowing<\/p>\n<p>the nightly routine.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Virginia Creeper vines twist around<\/p>\n<p>sensitive wild pink peonies<\/p>\n<p>all-night showers emboldened<\/p>\n<p>the graceful bright green<\/p>\n<p>Lacey Lady Ferns saturated by the routine<\/p>\n<p>concoction of dynamic symmetry.<\/p>\n<p>A summer thunderstorm.<\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><strong>*<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>\u201cA perfect summer thunderstorm\u201d published in Magnets and Ladders Literary Magazine, Spring\/Summer edition, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Visit Magnets and Ladders, Active voices of writers with Disabilities &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.magnetsandladders.org\/\">Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>See More Rainy Day \u00a0Photography <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pexels.com\/search\/Rainy%20Day\/\">Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>See Lynda&#8217;s Mission Statement <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/signature-mmision-statement\/\">Here.<\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pennsylvania poet Lynda McKinney Lambert shares her poem, &#8220;A Perfect Summer Thunderstorm.&#8221;<br \/>\nPublished in Magnets and Ladders Literary Magazine, Spring\/Summer 2021.<\/p>\n <a 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