flowers… Winter Hydrangeas 19 Dec 202120 Dec 2021 Once blue, hydrangeas crumple in the snow.Fading from the limelight,As winter sets in.Dried petals remain.Dim ashes will return. Green life decorated until last summer.A hole will be left behindHow to…
Garden Tour… Archives 21 Nov 2021 Leaded glass replaced by granite,Solid barrier from heat and light.Protecting documents from fading.Historic records of time past.Digitization only a dream. Still stone reflects sun and colour.Light still strives to penetrate.Illuminating…
native plants… Wild Asters Fill the Gap 3 Oct 2021 One wild white aster appeared at the foot of the stairs.Child of seed carried on breeze.But I flew to his side,and the cold set in before my return,White smiles withered…
flowers… Late Bloomer 19 Sep 202118 Sep 2021 She is smaller in stature thanThose whose long necks and yellow petalsBrazenly lure hungry wasps with colour and scent. The late bloomer wears fragile pink,A symbol of kindness, service, beauty,…
Poetry Summer Ends 5 Sep 20215 Sep 2021 Shrill sounds of sirens mix with cicadas. Sirens signal danger of collisionAs pandemic lingers.Warning all to keep apart. Cicadas loudly call for connection.Once dormant underground,Urgent now, life cycles ending. Many…
Inspirations… Resilience and Resolution 22 Aug 2021 Avocado pit swaddled and tucked away.Weeks later sending forth roots.Too small to sustain your stem, I wait.I am too long in remembering,And tender shoots turn brown. I reproach myself for…
flowers… Bougainvillea 15 Aug 202115 Aug 2021 We met often in “the before”.Your colorful arch embraced us in Barbados.I walked down your lane in Venice Beach. I found you in the greenhouse.Warm and safe in artificial campus…
Inspirations… Ducks and Rain, A Poem 8 Aug 20218 Aug 2021 The raindrops keep others at bay while I swim in the pool of blue water.Cares and aches dissipate for a time under canopy of grey clouds.A lone goose soars, beckoning…
Garden Crops… Wildflower Seed paper 11 Jul 202111 Jul 2021 Seed paper was something I had heard about but never tried. On Mother's Day, my oldest daughter gifted me with a carefully sourced wildflower seed card with a handwritten poem…
Inspirations… Leaf Shadows 13 Jun 202114 Jun 2021 Leaf shadows glide, stirred by wind.Gray images projected on stone.An effortless performance for one,Choreography perfected by chance.Connection brings them back to place,So the dance can start anew. V. Ferrier Plants…