August 19.21: Coping

I was feeling garden-poor,

so took my little black pitcher,

snipped some mighty color,

and felt a whole lot richer.

 

 

September 21.20: Coping

Gather ye zinnias

while ye may,

and salute not much

with patchwork nosegay.

With spikes of cool lavender,

chrysanthemum puff,

in little glass pitchers

not much is enough.

It doesn’t take big

to bring joy to our eyes;

the palette of zinnias

is its own giant size.

 

 

With apologies to Robert Herrick,

and thanks to my dear friend Donna for the zinnia seeds!

 

 

Connections: July 27.17

A frilly dot of marigold

a snip of lemon thyme

a dainty plume of tarragon

phlox snow at fragrant prime

radiant brown-eyed Susans

Rudbeckia at the crown:

smallness revels in itself

sans the world’s renown.

 

 

 

 

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Connections: April 8.17

In mahogany satin flounce

flirting shamelessly

with vagabond sun

my neighbor’s tree

lifts its buds

coquettishly

tendering rosy nosegay

in leafy filigree.

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