[Stylist] A Poem for late August_

[Jacobson, Shawn D]

Linda

That was very well done.  I've never been a great nature person, and have never had the eyesight to see these things in minute detail, so I'm not experienced in these things to the extent you are.  None the less, I see the beauty in it through your eyes.

BTW-who is "The Queen of Summer"?

Shawn

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For your enjoyment.

"Graceful Choreography"

The first announcements of shifting seasons
begin to materialize early on August mornings
Under-stated changes happened slowly
when the purple Pokeweed hangs in long clusters
beneath hearty leaves along the well-worn pathway.
Grasses in the meadow display delicate daisy clusters
urgently beckon me to pay attention today
Tread lightly through the grass.
 I cast my attention towards the Queen of Summer
Standing in the meadow,
I remain motionless, wide-eyed, surrounded
as the celadon-green stems
display the Queen Ann's Lace in full bloom.

These graceful ballet dancers hover
on the warm August breeze.
Orchestrations in rural fields and along roadsides
They each remember to arrive at this time every year
Nothing can prevent the shifting waves of change
I'll wait patiently for the blue Chicory to join the dance
In her wisdom, Nature placed them together on a stage
floral dancers on a late-summer stage.
Graceful choreography.
Give them a standing ovation.
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By Lynda McKinney lambert

Note: this poem, originally written in 1991,
Was first published in a chapbook under the title, "August Mornings" in 2002.
I chose this poem for  the opening poem of Part 4 (For Seasons, Days, and Years)  in  my new book, Star Signs: New and Selected Poems, 2019.
This poem was published in The Weekly Avocet, August 25, 2019. Issue #351.

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