Success Is Not Always a Formula for Happiness

Anne Copeland happiness, Success, Suicide September 28, 2019 1 Minute

Winter Rain (to Virginia Woolf) from Lynda McKinney Lambert's book: Star Signs: New and Selected Poems

Recent memories
Solitary warnings
and time together.
Copies?
There are no copies.
Hair dyed the reddest red.
        I should make a note
        And send it to myself.
Success and failure
are a soup not right
in someone else's house.
        I'll write about what I know
        Tuck it in a book
        by Elizabeth Barret Browning.
There's no plot
There is no conversation
as she walked into the ocean
to express a story--
avery big house
slowly falling apart
bare trees celebrate
the winter rain.
        We are going for a walk
        when the first snow falls.
It is impossible to tell about a conflict--
trees, winter's breeze, and survival.

Published by Anne Copeland

I am the Editor of a book filled with the writings of the lives of 23 physically challenged fiber artists: Artful Alchemy: Physically Challenged Fiber Artists Creating, and another called Pumpkin, Pumpkin: Folklore, History, Planting Care, and Good Eating. I am also an advocate for anti-bullying of any age, any race or belief system. I say what I mean and mean what I say, and I have a huge heart for any child or adult with physical challenges of any kind; this includes those with developmental or emotional challenges. These challenges, after all, are not out-of-body challenges. View all posts by Anne Copeland

Published September 28, 2019

5 thoughts on “Success Is Not Always a Formula for Happiness”

Jennie says:

September 28, 2019 at 5:23 pm

Soulful and beautiful poetry.

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Patty says:

September 28, 2019 at 9:29 pm

Reblogged this on Campbells World and commented:
So true and well spoken.
Thanks to Anne for sharing this with us.

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Lynda McKinney Lambert says:

September 29, 2019 at 6:51 am

Patty, how nice to see this posted today. I had not seen it yet myself, so I was very pleased to see it here. I love this quilt by Anne Copeland – and what a perfect combination to put it with my poem, which is dedicated to the memory of one of the most outstanding women writers of all time.
I love this poem, and never really shared it until I decided to put it in my latest book, Star Signs: New and Selected Poems, which just came out this summer.
My books can be seen on my blog page- Lynda’s books – at:

https://www.lyndalambert.com/lyndas-books/

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1. Anne Copeland says:
  
  September 29, 2019 at 10:34 am
  
  Dear Lynda, I will always be a total fan of your writing. Your depth of understanding of memory, nature, and all things good in this world, as well as an understanding of the tragedies in life is incredible. I love the way you think and express yourself. It always amazed me that you could express yourself in such colorful ways despite issues with a unique form of blindness. Thank you for sharing such beauty and understanding with all of us.
  
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