Dots dashes spots splashes
Patterns of Morse code for the bees
Moths and flies fly from skies
Descending from up in the trees
Finding sweet nectar treat
At the tail end of winter freeze
Early blooms fragrant fumes
Wake insects from their winter zzzz
Naturette Poem
8 lines with the following syllable count and rhyme scheme about small finds in nature.
6AA
8B
6CC
8B
6DD
8B
6EE
8B
Salvia elegens
_____________________________________
Pineapple sage, sweet scented mint – November blooms, glad to know it
Tropical plant, ruby red hint – soft light green leaves, had to sow it
Container bound, oh so fragrant – hummingbird bait, rad to show it
Matter of time, frost will kill it – yearly planted, mad to grow it.
_____________________________________
Anemone japonica
_____________________________________
White Japanese Anemone blooms
When the days grow shorter
While lighting up garden rooms
Wonderful during the season’s third quarter
*
How lovely are these flowers
Happiness on a stem
Hanging on into colder hours
Heroic late season gem
*
Only people who dare traverse
Onto garden paths in fall
Open their eyes and are immersed
Oddly in the beauty of it all
*
Nearing the end of the season
Nifty leaves change their hues
No they’re not the only reason
Needed to get out and enjoy the view.
_____________________________________
( A Trolaan Poem)
Purple Beans
_____________________________________
The purple beans are ready for harvest
From long vines upon the tired old fence
Of course there’s inspection with a taste test
Please believe the fresh-picked flavor is intense
Have to be sure not to eat the whole lot
Before I can get them into the pot.
_____________________________________
(An English Sestet Poem)
Summer Blackberries
_____________________________________
The fruits of summer in my hand
All sunshine and soil and rain
Sweet purple sugars leave a stain
Exquisite flavors from the land
_____________________________________
(An Envelope Stanza)
Learning a New Language
_____________________________________
While you’re planting a plant
Have you stopped to ponder
That this plant can’t wander?
What we can do it can’t
Thought its roots run rampant
It will not live yonder.
*
Why did you plant me here
Among these thugs and brutes
Where soil’s bad for my roots
Branches eaten by deer
Blooms hidden by those near
Oh why can’t I uproot?
*
What do plants have to say
About our garden display?
_____________________________________
Anticipation
_____________________________________
Just a little clue
On display by you
To see
A glimpse of the hue
Reveals color true
Maybe
Magnitude preview
Wondering who you
Will be
_____________________________________
(A Bergerette Poem)
In the Garden
_____________________________________
Peony
Bumblebee
Chickadee
Honeybee
Tree debris
*
Lima bean
Nectarine
Evergreen
Celandine
Hands not clean
_____________________________________
Rhubarb
_____________________________________
I don’t know why but I grew it
To figure out now what to do
Bake, roast, mash, sauté, or stew it
To peel or leave as it grew.
So sour to taste when I chew it
These plants – don’t need more than a few
*
Rough green leaves grow to large sizes
Ruby red stalks are the best part
The flavor really surprises
Add sugar to make it less tart
Sweeten when the chance arises
Not eating the leaves is so smart
*
Don’t know if it’s veggie or fruit
All depends on how it’s applied
You ingest neither leaves nor root
Normally you don’t see it fried
To grow is an easy pursuit
To use you may be stupefied
*
I’m thrilled in my garden it grows
Each spring I choose to display it
In sauces and in pies it goes
Season’s end – how to delay it?
The people who enjoy it know
Craving – be sure to obey it.
_____________________________________
(An Inverted Refrain Poem)
A Picture and a Poem 