THE FOURTH AND FINAL!

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Posted by admin to Backyard Poetry, essays, new blog, waltzes with words on 2008-02-20, 14:00:00


'Waltzes with Words' - the latest,
and absolutely the last, member of the
Garden Author family...
waltz on over to the grand opening,that is,
if you like the color red!

Backyard Poetry

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Posted by admin to Backyard Poetry on 2007-10-24, 05:25:00



































"Backyard Poetry" By Deb Lambert

In my one hundredth year,
were I to persist that long,
the stuff of poetry
the raw materials
the very inspiration
would still be there
for the taking,
just beyond my window
and deep within my being.

I will leave others,
with deeper minds than mine,
to fuss with the formalities
of verse and to employ
iambic pentameter
at the drop of a beret.

Although I may flirt
with symbolism
and embrace metaphors,
I am loath to restrict
the movement of my poetry
as it strides forth to greet the world
hanging from a framework of its
own splendid bones.

Barricaded behind a window screen,
on a hot, silent night
watching the moon slip across
a star-strewn sky,
I am one with the rhythm of nature
as I drift into the realm of dreams,
settling into this natural
cadence of the night.

Tomorrow will arrive soon enough,
filled with birdsong and fragrant bloom.
With sunlit promises and shaded meanings,
emerging from earnest conversation.
Rendering me unfit for all other activity,
inspiration will lure me, once more,
to the unsullied page
where, again,
shall I try my hand at backyard poetry.

©Deb Lambert 2007

Photos courtesy... ©2007 S.R. Calef