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<p class="MsoNormal">Linda<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">BTW—who is “The Queen of Summer”?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Shawn<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Stylist <stylist-bounces@nfbnet.org> <b>On Behalf Of
</b>Linda Lambert via Stylist<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, August 26, 2019 8:28 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'Writers' Division Mailing List' <stylist@nfbnet.org><br>
<b>Cc:</b> llambert@zoominternet.net<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Stylist] A Poem for late August_<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">For your enjoyment.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">“Graceful Choreography”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The first announcements of shifting seasons<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">begin to materialize early on August mornings<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Under-stated changes happened slowly
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">when the purple Pokeweed hangs in long clusters<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">beneath hearty leaves along the well-worn pathway.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Grasses in the meadow display delicate daisy clusters<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">urgently beckon me to pay attention today
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Tread lightly through the grass.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> I cast my attention towards the Queen of Summer
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Standing in the meadow,
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">I remain motionless, wide-eyed, surrounded<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">as the celadon-green stems<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">display the Queen Ann’s Lace in full bloom.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">These graceful ballet dancers hover<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">on the warm August breeze.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Orchestrations in rural fields and along roadsides<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">They each remember to arrive at this time every year<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Nothing can prevent the shifting waves of change<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">I’ll wait patiently for the blue Chicory to join the dance
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">In her wisdom, Nature placed them together on a stage<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">floral dancers on a late-summer stage.</span><span lang="EN-ZW">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Graceful choreography.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Give them a standing ovation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">By Lynda McKinney lambert<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Note: this poem, originally written in 1991,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Was first published in a chapbook under the title, “August Mornings” in 2002.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">I chose this poem for the opening poem of Part 4 (For Seasons, Days, and Years) in my new book,
<i>Star Signs: New and Selected Poems,</i> 2019.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">This poem was published in
<i>The Weekly Avocet,</i> August 25, 2019. Issue #351.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW">Lynda’s Authors Page- Amazon:<a href="https://www.amazon.com/author/lyndalambert">https://www.amazon.com/author/lyndalambert</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW">Lynda’s Official Authors Page:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW"><a href="http://www.lyndalambert.com/">Website & Blog</a>: Lynda McKinney Lambert – Official Author’s Website<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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