Lynda’s Journal – The Potting Shed – A new Poem, 2025
Lynda’s Journal
The potting shed – Poem
Note: Today, I am sharing a poem I wrote on Easter Sunday, 2025.
Below: Please find the information on a forthcoming anthology in which one of my nature-themed stories will appear.
Easter Sunday – 2025
“The Potting Shed
cold fingers jiggle the latch
snap open the wooden door
dusty, somber potting shed
“Wake up” I say, “Today is Resurrection Sunday!!”
crinkled mottled grey leaves grumblle
as they scatter beneath my feet
I reach for large white container
put on Gardening gloves
to protect my hands, crouch down
begin to scoop out
leaves hiding between wide
open red and yellow tulips
rip out weeds with intention
“Not today,” I say. , as I toss them
into the vintage wheelbarrow.
crows are watching from the pear tree
sunflower seeds and dried corn
in the round pan..
As published in
The Weekly Avocet, Issue #645
April 12, 2025
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My Reflection on this poem:
In my poems I sing praises to God for the beauty of His spectacular creations in our natural world,
I celebrate God’s gifts as I encounter them in my walks in the woods, standing on a ridge overlooking the flowing creek below, gazing up into the magnificent sky, or the tiny center of a fragrant flower like the one I describe in this poem.
The vintage peony plants in my garden were planted on this property around 1929, when this home was built by John and Amanda Duncan. Amanda told me that she planted these flowers when the house was built and that was in 1929.
Each spring the plants begin to come up from the earth, and the flowers are probably as beautiful as they were when Amanda planted them nearly 100 years ago. God’s world is amazing, isn’t it! I stand in reverence as I contemplate God’s gifts of abundance.
Thank you, Charles Portolano, Editor/Publisher of The Avocet, and The Weekly Avocet, Journals of Nature Poetry. My nature-themed poems appear in these magazines often.
For a subscription or other information please contact:
Charles, Vivian, and Valerie Portolano, Editors
Contact: angeldec24@hotmail.com
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_My Bio and non-fiction story will appear in :
Food, Flowers, Medicine: And Other Gifts From the Garden, Anthology, 2025
This new anthology was created by editors, Stacy Russo and Julie Ardman. The collection will be RELEASED This month (June 2025) by The Wild Librarian Press editors.
I will be posting information for purchasing this anthology in just a few more days, when it is officially available. It was a delight to be included in this collection and to share an essay.
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My Bio:
Lynda McKinney Lambert writes and creates visual art from her vintage home in the Village of Wurtemburg, in Western Pennsylvania. She writes poetry and personal nonfiction essays. She currently has six published books available at all retail booksellers. Her artworks have appeared in international exhibitions, including Japan, New Guinea, Austria, and the United States. Lynda retired from her position as Professor of Fine Art and Humanities at Geneva College in 2008 due to profound sight loss. She invites readers to discover the subtle nuances and beauty of a physical and spiritual world as she weaves strands from history, nature, and her personal life experiences.
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