Garden of Poetry

Aphid, beetle, blight, and slug, get thee hence!
Angelica, trouble yourself no more
With what lies beyond the pickets of fence!
Let us make heaven here, upon earth’s floor!

Clover Ring She made for me a clover ring, With a sweet blossom for a gem, Sealed my matrimony with spring, For a day, with a loop of stem. She wed me to a sunny day, Tied happiness to me with string. For a time I was joined with May, United by a clover ring. [...]

A Rose for Piglet – Sylvia Saldano – 2007     Flowers          We’re dying – there’s no denying.     But why waste our precious hours     On a lot of useless crying,     When we might be smelling flowers! O for a palette of colors so fair! O for a touch of artful [...]

I Don’t Want To Wait                   ~ Daniel F Mitchell   I don’t want to wait until my life is over. I don’t want to wait until my time is over, To say the things I want to say, To weigh the thoughts I want to weigh. [...]