In the Garden Sangha

Dead nettles this year Invading the lawn Showing up everywhere Like troops coming ashore On Normandy Beach I know I ought To make peace with...

 If the world was ending Later today I’d spend  The morning the same way Weeding in the garden and Reading for an hour or two To satisfy my ...

Today Marissa told me  About the  fifth season Wedged between summer and fall A time of transition  From the peak of what has been To the pl...

 Now is around time Summer begins to feel A little bedraggled Drought has taken hold of the lawn The lilies look haggard Dust hangs thick in...

Lately I've begun Running under a power Other than my own Not to be cheeky but I'm not sure whose it is With windbreaks and all A co...

Glad I didn’t pull the three leafed plants that began spreading along the east side of the house. At first I thought it might be poison ivy ...

This has been a year Of extended blooms  And profuse meanings  Spring synesthesia Everywhere abounds Daffodils for three weeks Straight and ...