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Tag: garden

Posted on July 19, 2020July 12, 2020

Exceeding Expectations


deemed ordinary
delivering a spectacle
oh the muchness of marigolds

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Posted on July 18, 2020July 12, 2020

House Wren On The Garden Rail


where to stay?
when all the world
is home

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Posted on July 16, 2020July 12, 2020

The Past, The Present, The Future


the garden’s rose bouquet
holding and offering the blooms of
yesterday, today and tomorrow

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Posted on July 15, 2020July 12, 2020

The Frog Overseer


from his porch perch
supervising
summer’s bloom

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Posted on July 13, 2020July 10, 2020

The Thrum Of Thirst


sipping sweetness
from the false foxglove
mocktails in the afternoon

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Posted on July 12, 2020July 10, 2020

Tender Hearted


amidst her silver foliage
fine and fancy hearts
on the garden’s sleeve

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Posted on July 10, 2020July 5, 2020

Just After The Sun Rose

a fairy
flew by
trailing magic

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Posted on July 6, 2020June 29, 2020

Shade Garden

each bloom
a beacon
of light

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Posted on July 5, 2020June 24, 2020

The Iris Departing

fading blooms
spiral
into themselves

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Posted on June 30, 2020June 24, 2020

Statuesque

in stone
and petaled forms
a nobility of beauty

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Posted on June 28, 2020June 24, 2020

Waterfall Iris

splashing color
over the garden
into the air

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Posted on June 24, 2020June 20, 2020

Surely Shirley The Poppy

all ruffles and fringe
purple and orange
pizzaz

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Posted on June 21, 2020June 20, 2020

The Curvature Of Color

colors
shifted and changed
as they traversed the iris’s curves

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Posted on June 20, 2020June 11, 2020

The Delicate Alongside The Enduring

each polygon
delivers
petals against granite

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Posted on June 19, 2020June 11, 2020

Blue Columbine

your color
is the baritone
of the garden’s chorus

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Posted on June 17, 2020June 11, 2020

Petaled Pinwheel

whirligig
which turns
without turning

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Posted on June 16, 2020June 11, 2020

Place

in the garden
my soul
resides

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Posted on June 14, 2020June 11, 2020

Vibrant As The Sun

it burst into being
and brought me
with it

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Posted on June 13, 2020June 11, 2020

Spring Morning In The Garden

a feast
of delicacies
for eyes and insects

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Posted on June 10, 2020June 6, 2020

They Are Dancing

from the bench
we watch
firefly flowers

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Posted on June 8, 2020June 6, 2020

Adorned

bestowed
upon Buddha
a headdress of iris

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Posted on June 6, 2020June 5, 2020

Whimsey

a bauble of tiny blooms
an effervescence
of delight

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Posted on June 4, 2020May 30, 2020

Lavender Blue

triptych of iris
the garden’s
altarpiece

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Posted on June 3, 2020May 30, 2020

In This Liminal Time

each morning
with the flowers
sweet dreams linger

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Posted on June 2, 2020May 30, 2020

Raspberry Crabapple

birdhouse
beneath a bower
of blossoms

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Posted on May 27, 2020May 24, 2020

Legacy

Buddha leaves
a wake
of beauty and calm

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Posted on May 26, 2020May 24, 2020

The Spider’s Muse

Charlotte always visited
the tulips for inspiration
before she began spinning.

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Posted on May 24, 2020May 17, 2020

Spring Fling

the rock garden
a riot of color
bursting into bloom

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Posted on May 22, 2020May 17, 2020

Spring’s Magic Carpet

at the tulip stop sign
the magic flowering carpet
waits for travelers to board

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Posted on May 20, 2020May 17, 2020

In The Dirt

a tiny
call for joy
the day transformed

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