Post #257

April 29, 2019

Puerto Rico was the inspiration

for writing a poem.

Bob and Lynda Lambert on the beach in Puerto Rico

I was on a team of professors who taught an interdisciplinary course in Puerto Rico Culture.

Bob Lambert swims beneath the waterfall in El Yunque National Rain Forest.

For Spring Break every March, we took our students on a 10-day travel & study opportunity.

I revised this poem  last year and it will appear in my next full-length book of poetry –

Star Signs: New & Selected Poems

This book will be available soon.

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“Primavera: When Spring Break is Over”

Caribbean mornings

earthy paradise drinks

dark island coffee with hot cream

tiny homegrown yellow plátanos

early sunrise breeze with honey rolls

rental cars spiral up the mountain

we view abandoned plantations

hacienda tourists in a group

I wear my new green hat for the photo

afternoon rum factory tours by boat

sandy beaches never closed

coconut drinks every day

coral reefs and rusty piers

sun burned skin

soothed with aloe vera lotion

we hike steep mountain paths

cross over bridges with wooden planks

immerse our bodies in mountain streams

scream with pleasures under torrid sun

moan under a throbbing cold waterfall

Caribbean nights under the stars

dancing in the streets with strangers

two mountain top dreamers in darkness

Tony sings Puerto Rican songs to me

whispers phrases n my ear

(always in Spanish.)

If a volcano erupts

there may be delays

flights are never on time

things are often unpredictable

when spring break is over.

Cuando las vacaciones de Primavera han terminado.

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Written by Lynda McKinney Lambert in 2015. Revised in 2018.

This poem will appear in my forthcoming full-length book of poetry, Star Signs: New and Selected Poems.

Published: Nature Writing, May 8, 2018.

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Lynda Lambert and her daughter, Heidi Lambert McClure in Puerto Rico.