[stylist] April and a Poem Submission

[PAUL BAVER]

Linda I'm in no way, a critic, I love it, especially the part about your 
dog, I can picture that peaceful joy of the dog lying there. Paul E Baver
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From: "Lynda Lambert" <llambert at zoominternet.net>
To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2012 9:20 AM
Subject: Re: [stylist] April and a Poem Submission


> Ah, here it comes!
> It's just around the corner.
>
> It is nearly April.
>
> I have attached  a poem I wrote in 2001 - "In the Storms of April - 
> Plunge"
> (An excerpt from my book _ Concerti:  Psalms for the Pilgrimage_
> I wrote it in response to a friend who had sent me a poem he wrote.)
>
>
> April is  National Poetry Month!
> April brings fresh new  experiences and inspirations for our writing.
>
> Poetry is in the spring sunshine and cast shadows of my Zen Meditation 
> Garden this morning.
>
> My white cat, Angel, is curled up in a little bed of green leaves, He 
> sleeps there  among the thick Periwinkle vines like a bright furry bird in 
> his expansive nest.
>
> I thought I heard Poetry  in the woods, quietly moving about behind the 
> delicate green buds of the thickets today. I walked my eager and hungry 
> dogs early this morning. I paused at the top of the cliff and let the dogs 
> sniff it out. They were at full alert. They barked and growled. Scratched 
> the rich black earth beneath the limp leaves, the debris of winter that 
> lines the floor of the woods. It  had vanished.
>
> April is National Poetry Month.
>
> Is there anything you will be doing to celebrate this month?
>
> For Poetry Month I pledge to spend my early morning hours here in my 
> office.  I'll enjoy my  cup of Puerto Rican coffee, as I work to capture 
> some of the images from my daily life through poetry.  There will be 
> nothing here but the sounds and smells of the early morning hours wafting 
> in through the open window.  I'll try to capture the flight of fancy that 
> fills my fingertips as I type.
>
> Lynda
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> My Blog:  http://www.walkingbyinnervision.blogspot.com
> My Website:  http://lyndalambert.com
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