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Tag: garden

Posted on March 6, 2024February 27, 2024

Faux Mock

the mock orange
mocks again in winter
this time blossoms of snow

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Posted on February 26, 2024February 18, 2024

Renewal

beneath the dormant garden
lies the constant unseen work
of life

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Posted on February 17, 2024February 12, 2024

Commence

in the warmth
of a February sun
poppies have begun

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Posted on February 4, 2024February 3, 2024

First Glance

the garden appeared empty
but beauty sought
is beauty found

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Posted on December 13, 2023December 4, 2023

Teaspoon Of Cold

the seasoned season
leaves measuring out
winter’s ingredients

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Posted on December 9, 2023November 30, 2023

Seed Chandelier

it will be spring
that flips the switch
of cosmo lights

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Posted on December 3, 2023November 25, 2023

Dance Of Transformation

supple and brittle
dancing on their stems
leaves dervish in the wind

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Posted on December 2, 2023November 25, 2023

A Litle Help From A Friend

the dear crabapple
lifting up the grey clouds
to let a little light in

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Posted on November 26, 2023November 19, 2023

Forever Reimbursing

the great outdoors
devoted to the enterprise of
feeding the earth for what comes next

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Posted on November 21, 2023November 19, 2023

Oh To Bloom On

November sun transforms
the frost on the mums
into tears of joy

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Posted on November 15, 2023November 5, 2023

The Fall

colors being absorbed
by roots
already nourishing spring

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Posted on November 13, 2023November 5, 2023

To Be And Be Another

after she flowers
blackberry lily
fruits in seed

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Posted on October 27, 2023October 22, 2023

Two Red Feathers

the wild rose takes flight
her last bloom
red feathers

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Posted on October 25, 2023October 9, 2023

Portal

on the other side
of the dew revealed web
resides the insects micro universe

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Posted on October 23, 2023October 8, 2023

In October The Garden Empties

the clothes line houses only pins
the raised beds abundance
long since devoured

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Posted on October 21, 2023October 8, 2023

The Last To Bloom

more beloved are these
for their magnanimity
in the dwindling garden

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Posted on October 17, 2023October 17, 2023

Respite

the worn bloom
finds shade and support
on the rock wall
in the bud yet to flower

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Posted on October 12, 2023October 1, 2023

My Purple Satellite

circling the the garden
receiving sun
sending color

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Posted on October 10, 2023September 26, 2023

The Raspberry King

running wild
conquering the garden outskirts
claiming territory as your own

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Posted on October 8, 2023September 26, 2023

The Aubergines Progression

the blossom
the bud and beginning
develop into a full fruited becoming

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Posted on October 6, 2023September 26, 2023

The Gilded Season

autumn’s garden palette
favors purple and peach
enhanced by obliquely slanted light

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Posted on October 3, 2023September 20, 2023

Electric Marigolds

a current runs amongst them
each yellow edge
conducting color to the next

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Posted on September 29, 2023September 20, 2023

Towering

from the vegetable bed
a purple tree arises
king of nutrients
kale be thy name

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Posted on September 26, 2023September 20, 2023

Open

unfurl yourself
be bold with fragilities
and the compliments of complexities

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Posted on September 25, 2023September 13, 2023

The Garden Crests

a yellow wave of color
crashes upon
the shore of fall

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Posted on September 24, 2023September 13, 2023

The World Upside Down

when the ground is where the sky belongs
and you find yourself on the inside looking out
balance, daring and sticky toes will set the world right

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Posted on September 22, 2023September 13, 2023

Hellenium Autumnale

like angels gathered
in their halos of gold
chaperoning the season’s change

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Posted on September 15, 2023September 3, 2023

The Hollyhock Reserved

the bloom demures from view
what trust and courage it must take
to reveal the source of your enigmatic state

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Posted on September 14, 2023September 3, 2023

In Exchange

color leaving leaves
to redden berries and set the seeds
the bargain that autumn demands

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Posted on September 13, 2023September 3, 2023

Late Summer Garden

field grass high and in seed
flower stalks looking for rest
abundance about to tip into decline
this is the story of the passage of time

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