From Lynda’s Journal

Afternoon Embroidery Lesson

by Lynda McKinney Lambert

This poem is one of my most beloved poems.  I created this poem from a scene in my childhood memories.  It was one of those special moments in life when an adult teaches a child a lesson or skill that is treasured for a lifetime.  This poem shows the relationship I had as a child, with my mother and grandmother.  They were role models for me as they taught me the value of using my hands to create art.

~Lynda McKinney Lambert

Photo by Artem Beliaikin. Pexels.

Afternoon Embroidery Lesson

An afternoon embroidery lesson

Beauty is a blue silk thread

Carefully stitched into ivory cloth

Did she know my destiny?

Education begins in a quiet place

For a little girl and her mother

Grandmother’s kitchen

Holding on to a slender needle

I slid through the secret places

Journeys of self-discoveries

Kitchens are sacred spaces

Lost in timeless whispers

My mother’s patience is endless

Needles, cloth, scissors, floss

Objects are symbolic metaphors

Powerful as distant legends

Questions – could she

Recognize these private moments?

Sitting quietly with her child

Time and inspiration are gifts

Universal connections for life

Visualized my inner longings

Weaving strands of sunny days

X-stitch patterns sewed in a weave

Yellow-gold knotted threads

Zinnias bloomed on my holy cloth.

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You can Read Along with voice recording.

“Afternoon Embroidery Lesson” Narrator, Lillian Yves

Published:

  Afternoon Embroidery Lesson (Poem) appeared in the following publications:

_Indiana Voice Journal, October 4, 2016. Issue #27.

   _Lambert, Lynda McKinney. Star Signs: New & Selected poems, DLD Books, 2019.  On Amazon Click Here!

_Poetry Treasures 2 : Relationships.

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Narrated by Lilian Yves – Click on Sound Recording below.