From Lynda’s Journal ~ Der Hirsch (The Deer) ~
From Lynda’s Journal
Der Hirsch (The Deer)
You may like to listen to “Der Hirsch,” a poem published in my books, Walking by Inner Vision Stories & Poems AND Star Signs: New and Selected Poems.
©Lynda McKinney Lambert, 2022. All rights reserved.
Sound Recording by Vincent Lee Grayson, for Star Signs: New & Selected Poems, DLD Books, 2019.
The Poem:
Der Hirsch
Aubergine fields reflect the red blood moon
throughout a bracing October night
transformed Yellow Crownbeard’s lemon-flowers
turned to thorny dark violet-brown seed pods
throughout a bracing October night
“I sense slight movements near the willow tree”
turned to thorny dark violet-brown seed pods
“tonight we watch the sky for celestial clues”
“I sense slight movements near the willow tree”
listen to swift waters surging downstream
“tonight we watch the sky for celestial clues”
der Hirsch strides silently on damp fall leaves
listen to swift waters surging downstream
“tonight we watch the sky for celestial clues”
der Hirsch strides silently on damp leaves
“I long to follow you – come away my beloved”
“tonight we watch the sky for celestial clues”
transformed, Yellow Crownbeard’s lemon-flowers
“I long to follow you – come away my beloved”
aubergine fields reflect the red blood moon.
©Lynda McKinney Lambert, 2022. All rights reserved.
Written October 2014. Revised, 2016, 2021.
Note:
Der Hirsch (German word for “The Deer”)
Aubergine (French word for “Eggplant”)
©Lynda McKinney Lambert, 2022. All rights reserved.
The Backstory & Note
Der Hirsch (German word for “The Deer”)
Aubergine (French word for “Eggplant”)
Der Hrisch is a Pantoum poem.
I wrote this poem when I was taking a course in writing poetry. The assignment was to write a poem and use your favorite words for inspiration.
My 2 favorite words are “Hirsh” and “Aubergine.”
I wrote this poem in my favorite poetry form – the Pantoum. Listen for the repeating lines as you read the poem. This gives a poem movement and you will feel like you are there in the landscape, watching and listening for Der Hirsch! Be patient. He will arrive.
Published:
Der Hirsch (Pantoum
_Indiana Voice Journal, 2017. February 1 – Issue #31
__Magnets & Ladders, Literary Magazine
__The Weekly Avocet, #250, September 24, 2017
_Lambert, Lynda McKinney. Walking by Inner Vision: Stories & Poems, DLD Books, 2017.
_Lambert, Lynda McKinney. Star Signs: New and Selected Poems, 2019
_”From the Professor’s Journal, Walking by Inner Vision Blog, Oct. 10, 2022.
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