The cosmos is so vast a place
more than we can fathom
yet here in my small parcel
no bigger than an atom
a wonder big as anything
unfolds in ordained mystery
as testament to irony
in summer’s ruffed consistory.
The cosmos is so vast a place
more than we can fathom
yet here in my small parcel
no bigger than an atom
a wonder big as anything
unfolds in ordained mystery
as testament to irony
in summer’s ruffed consistory.
And so it begins
the garden in June
warm roots below
bright blooms aboon.
(Now try to say “bright blooms aboon” five times in a row without stopping.)
bless their little beaks
perched atop their dinners
with their delicate physiques
they pull and they yank
while bobbing about
lemon-feathered hogs
at the August garden cook-out.
the fauna and the flora
can really rock the look:
Lepidoptera fedora.