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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-ZW link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Happy New Year – 2020<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The first day of 2020 is an exciting one for me.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The judges have selected 3 of my poems for inclusion in <span style='color:red'>Mingled Voices 4,</span> the Proverse (Hong Kong) 2019 Poetry Prize Anthology. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> My work has been in <i><span style='color:red'>Mingled Voices 2</span></i><span style='color:red'> </span>and <span style='color:red'>Mingled Voices 3 </span>– and now, will be in <span style='color:red'>Mingled Voices 4. </span>I love this publisher and I’m thrilled to be included with the other international poets in this way. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I was notified months ago had to wait until the official announcement was made – today! <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>So my New Year begins with a BANG at the starting gate. Off we go!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I am super excited about 2020 and intend to continue my laser focus on my “spare poems and thoughtful personal essays.”<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I posted a very short New Year greeting today on my website at: <a href="https://www.lyndalambert.com/gifts/">https://www.lyndalambert.com/gifts/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If you have a website/blog, with a focus on writing, I’d love to read it so please send me a private message with the address.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>May 2020 find you at your writing desk when the muse arrives.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Lynda<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'>My Books<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'><a href="https://www.finishinglinepress.com/product/first-snow-by-lynda-mckinney-lambert/">first snow, chapbook</a><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Star-Signs-New-Selected-Poems/dp/1075265436/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=Lynda+McKinney+Lambert&qid=1570213785&s=books&sr=1-2">Star Signs: New and Selected Poems</a><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Walking-Inner-Vision-Stories-Poems/dp/B07S45ZY39/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Lynda+McKinney+Lambert&qid=1570213669&s=books&sr=1-1">Walking by Inner Vision: Stories & Poems</a><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Concerti-Psalms-Pilgrimage-Lynda-Lambert/dp/1929359187/ref=sr_1_6?keywords=Lynda+Lambert&qid=1570213942&s=books&sr=1-6">Concerti: Psalms for the Pilgrimage</a><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'><a href="Smashwords%20–%20get%20my%20e-book:%20%20https:/www.smashwords.com/profile/view/lyndalambert">E-books on Smashwords</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'>Social Media<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'><a href="https://www.amazon.com/author/lyndalambert">Lynda's Author Page at Amazon</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'><a href="http://www.dldbooks.com/lyndalambert/">Lynda's Page at DLD Books</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'><a href="htttp://www.lyndalambert.com/">Lynda's Website & Blog</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'> <b><i><o:p></o:p></i></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'> </span></i></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>