lynn__

Sso, it’ss ground hog’ss day again, iss it? Ssay your s-ss with a whisstle and you can ssound like the gopher in Walt Dissney’ss “Winne-the-Pooh”. He’ss a favorite character for ssure and a good excusse to practisse your whisstling sskillss. Ssee what i mean?

Here’s the news from Pennsylvania reported by TODAY: “Around 7:30 a.m. local time, Phil’s handler retrieved him from his burrow, and the president of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club said that Phil did indeed see his shadow…which means six more weeks of winter are ahead.”

It’s probably safer to be a ground hog in the Keystone State than a prairie dog in South Dakota. Hunting season is year round with no limit to the number of black-tailed prairie dogs you may shoot. It’s a way to control the prolific population and protect grasslands from degradation.

watch prairie dog town
heads pop up, tails disappear
curious critters

journey

27 Jan 2026 17 Comments

by lynn__ in quadrille Tags: life, ocean, poem, rhyme, rhythm, ship, shore, trip, waves

A quadrille (44 words) for dVerse poets where Punam invites us to take a trip!

life’s poem logs distance trip;
soulful body-travel thru time
like one-way passage by ship
on waves of rhythm ‘n rhyme.
when reeling lost, lone, afraid
in ocean breakers’ angry roar,
trust good Captain who stays on
watch, steering us safe to shore!

“We have become his poetry, a re-created people that will fulfill the destiny he has given each of us, for we are joined to Jesus, the Anointed One. Even before we were born, God planned in advance our destiny and the good works we would do to fulfill it!”

(Ephesians 2:10 from The Passion Translation)

to live in snow globe

20 Jan 2026 29 Comments

by lynn__ in free verse Tags: ballet, diamond, drifts, snow, sun, white

winter night’s velvet-soft silence

shaken…

startle-dark rumble of snow thunder births

frosty six-pointed stars in original designs

to flutter-twirl down…

graceful ballet dancers

dressed in dazzle-white tutus,

falling into drifts…

their collective diamond-glitter fluff reflects

as sun’s morning rays break into joyful applause!

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Kim invites dVerse poets to write about our experience of snow…or the way i like to experience it 🙂

backyard sighting

19 Jan 2026 1 Comment

by lynn__ in haiku Tags: eagle, field, talons, wings

wing feathers beat air

sharp eyes, beak, talons focus

eagle swoops on field

Surprised by bald eagle swooping down from sky to field in our backyard…did not get a photo through window!

will bearded lady sing?

16 Jan 2026 8 Comments

by lynn__ in ekphrastic Tags: diversity, rainbow, sexuality, suicide, transgender

This week the U.S. Supreme Court heard a case about transgender men in women’s sports but the lawyer could not define a woman legally. In a Senate hearing on abortion rights, a senator questioned a female doctor if men can get pregnant and she could not answer yes or no.

beauty in diversity exists;
does not require extremism

but confusion and chaos
reign in rainbow la la land

where scientists cannot
define a man or woman;

logic is left lying in dust,
basic biology debunked.

gender?? pretend it’s fluid…
while culture drowns in

silly sea of semantics;
riptides of asexual revolt.

denying reality doesn’t
make dreams materialize

confused youth deserve
compassion, not reasons

for mutilation; tell us why
“trans” suicide rate is high?

Linking to OLN with dVerse poets were Lillian hosts with ekphrastic prompt. Painting entitled “Mme Kupka among Verticals” by Frantisek Kupka, 1910-11.

I find the online stories of detransitioners like Chloe Cole, Christina Hineman, Prisha Mosley, and Lex Renick very compelling.

[cornerstone]

13 Jan 2026 22 Comments

by lynn__ in Uncategorized Tags: baptism, chaplain, church, cornerstone, prison, walls

make one bad decision
or follow foolish friends
and train ride ends with
[ time inside the walls ]

hyper little boy in glasses
grew to be prison chaplain
found his niche ministering
[ to guys inside the walls ]

they have watched men die
but won’t cry except when
another sinner is baptized;
[ set free inside the walls ]

we’ve been taken through
frisked before entering gate
blessed to worship too with
[ church inside the walls ]

Melissa hosts poetics at the pub with Johnny Cash singing his Folsom Prison Blues…

joy ride

12 Jan 2026 18 Comments

by lynn__ in Uncategorized Tags: camping, eyes, love, miles, smile, time, vista, wonder

“Time goes faster the older you get”
i realize it’s true, especially the good times

meandering multiplied (s)miles,
you and i on camping road trips;
every curve reveals

another vista of love’s wonder upon
bespectaculared smiling blue eyes,
mirror pools of creation’s beauty.

Quadrilles and smiles with De and dVerse poets today 🙂

acrostic affection

08 Jan 2026 23 Comments

by lynn__ in acrostic Tags: genes, grandchildren, heart, hugs, love, valentines, zip-lining

All of you are the
best-loved grand
child, of course!
Dearest of dears,
each of you is a
favorite of ours.
Goodness knows
how much we’re
incredibly blessed
just to personally
know you and your
luminous parents!
Sweetest peeps,
never doubt that
our love for you all
pulses on forever.
Quite naturally and
rather proudly, we
say your genes and
talents are amazing,
understandably so!
Valentines of mine, I
will cover you with
xxxx and oooo as
you grow mature,
zip-lining into life!

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Linking to dVerse where Laura hosts MTB…

waiting for epiphany

06 Jan 2026 7 Comments

by lynn__ in haibun Tags: divorce, epiphany, forgive, grief, pain

Frank hosts haibuns for first dVerse prompt of new year…

Covenant promises were broken and son’s family torn apart by unwanted divorce. Our extended family suffers open wound of missing member, like amputation of limb. Love betrayed, life upended, dreams died. No wonder God hates divorce. It wasn’t His plan.

We witness son’s pain and his own sad choices. Too many words, not enough action. Bitterness and resentment move in like unwelcome squatters. Children confused by chaos that’s no fault of their own but caused by adults not adulting.

Difficult emotional journey for all. Loyalties forced to change. Lifestyles rearranged. The mother of our grandchildren remarries; estranged and stranger to us. Doors closed and locked. Yet, we love our grands…hope new family succeeds?!

_______

leave the past behind

beautiful wedding photo

how must i forgive?

sin’s web

04 Jan 2026 Leave a comment

by lynn__ in senryu

_______

“to err is human”

we’re easily entangled

one mistake…ruin.

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“Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.” Proverbs 4:23 (NIV)

a poem in my pocket

fresh start

like smiley-faced emojis

underground operatives