Category Archives: POEMS

MY FEATHER(ED) FRIENDS – A Belated Earth Day Poem

Posted on April 29, 2025 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

Was it sunbeams streaming through the steaming emerald canopy that whet her curiosity orthe cloudburstthe steadydownpourthat urged her to soar high above the fragrant jungle floor? When she took flight, rising                       … Continue reading →

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MOMENTS OF SANITY – A Thanksgiving Day Thought

Posted on November 22, 2023 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

Chile-red neon streaks the ridge line separating the sleepy mountain from the grey-washed sky With one swift brush stroke, the sun announces the start of a new day Will it be turbulent? Will it be peaceful?   The curtain of … Continue reading →

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‘Tis A 2022 CHRISTMAS BLESSING

Posted on December 28, 2022 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

‘Tis often the time of year my inner grinch hangs about But this time ’tis different I’ve news of a new sprout T’was the night of his birth… No… not that blessed one. The he here is Theo, the first … Continue reading →

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MY FEATHER(ED) FRIENDS – A Message from the Amazon

Posted on September 29, 2022 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

Was it the sunlight gleaming in the steaming emerald canopy that whet your curiosity before the steady downpour that urged you to soarhighabove the fragrant jungle floor? Or Was it afterwards,when you took flight and roseabovethe mazeof shallow puddles and swirling … Continue reading →

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MOLECULARLY SPEAKING…

Posted on July 28, 2021 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

…we are all that is, was, and ever shall be gas, liquid, solidbustling atoms bond,breeding beings of breath, blood, bone     a convergence of matter = a mass  of varied shapes, colors, sizesfurred, feathered, scaled, petaled, prickly, slick   we … Continue reading →

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‘Tis Time For An Other ‘Twas

Posted on December 23, 2020 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

‘Twas the day before Christmaswhen I realized this poem ’twas ready for the trash bin(after stifling a whopping groan).But then I asked myself,  “What’s Christmas, without a fun ’twas?”So I grappled with this rhymer thinking, I’ll just add a disclaimer clause. Okay, there … Continue reading →

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‘TIS ALL HALLOWS WEEK…

Posted on October 29, 2020 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

…and there is still much to do, like weaving webs, stringing skulls, and refining shrieks of, BOO! BOO! BOO! True… the pumpkin has been carved, skeletons are out of the closet,

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WHAT THE ICEBERG SAID

Posted on July 31, 2020 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

Bold. Blue. Megalithic.  To think I might have begun as a whispered word on an ancient’s breath,a droplet in the spray of a neolithic sneeze, the spatter in a sputtered warning, “Run!”a single snowflake spit from a cloud, delivered on … Continue reading →

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LEGO LOCKDOWN – THE STOWAWAYS

Posted on May 7, 2020 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

“Won’t you step into my spaceship,” said the spider to the fly. “Tis the speediest little spacecraft in which you’ll ever fly. It will take us to great heights, ones you’ve never reached before. Just soar up here to where … Continue reading →

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FROM MRS. HUMBUG TO YOU – A (sort of) Holiday Greeting

Posted on December 19, 2019 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

“‘Tis one week ’til Christmas,” resounds through the house. “And nothing’s been hung on the tree,” groans my spouse. Up go his arms in a frenzy, a near panic. “‘Twas weeks ago I dragged the box down from the attic! … Continue reading →

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