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Garden Song – “Orchestrated Performances”

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Garden Song  – “Orchestrated Performances”

by Lynda McKinney Lambert

Monday, July 31, 2023

 

NEW – Just Published!

in The Weekly Avocet # 556.

Editor: Charles Portolano

The Poem:

“Orchestrated Performances”

Orchestrated performances

Aerial musicians and singers

atmospheric performers beyond

thick fair-haired forsythia hedge

on chilly wet morning.

I glance upwards towards eastern

alabaster skyline

searching for overhead flights.

My feet sink gently

into soft wet grass

 

I lead the way

two dogs in tandem

sniffing a fresh trail

left by a grey squirrel.

I stoop to touch dainty yellow daffodil

near the early spring treeline

 

We stop, listen to steady

riveting beats

speculate

ambitious woodpecker

urges attention.

A single wild goose

yells

glides swiftly over

rushing grey-green stream

beyond the stark curly willow tree

my husband planted in this meadow

sixteen years ago.

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The Backstory begins with My Mission Statement:

I write from personal, intimate experiences from a Christian Worldview.

In art and writing,  I reveal what is lost, forgotten or invisible.

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This poem was written from my memory notes after I came back to the house following a walk with my dogs.   As I walk, I am taking close  mental notes that I will carry back with me and I use those notes when I sit down to begin to write a poem.  I pay special attention to each of my senses, and store away that information  that I can recall later.

During National Poetry Month, on April 3, 2023, I wrote this poem.  Here, you have an inside view of how a particular morning looked that day at my home.

How about you?

How do you remember your own experiences when walking outside?

What do you bring back with you?

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Lynda McKinney Lambert

Author of Walking by Inner Vision: Stories & Poems;

first snow, a poetry chapbook; Star Signs: New and Selected Poems; and

Songs for the Pilgrimage, a collection of poems and stories.

 

www.lyndalambert.com

 

 

© Lynda McKinney Lambert. July 31, 2023.  All Rights Reserved.

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Garden Song – “Orchestrated Performances” — 4 Comments

  1. Lynda, I’m like you. When I take walks, I make mental notes of things I see, hear and smell that would be good in a poem. If I won’t have time to sit down and write the poem after I get home, I stop and dictate notes on my iPhone for later reference, making sure on one is within earshot of course. Thank you for sharing this beautiful poem and your insight into how it was created.

    • Abbie, I really enjoyed hearing about how you also create your poems from nature. I don’t use a cell phone, but I have a MILESTONE digital recorder which I learned to use 15 years ago when I was in rehab at Blind and Vision Rehabilitation Services in Pittsburgh. Of all the people there, I was the onlyh one who selected this little device. I absolutely love using it, and it has 5 file folders that I can use for various things. Somethimes it may be months before I can get to write something, but the notes remain there waiting for me when I can sit down and begin to write the poem. Thanks!

    • My Friend. Thank you so much. I try to present the thoughts in the poem, as brushstrokes on a canvas – weaving them into a tapestry of memories, experiences, thoughts, and dreams. I appreciate The Weekly Avocet, and _The Avocet_ Journals of nature poetry – and the Portolano family for the hard work they do to promote nature, and poetry that honors nature.

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