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Pruning - by Jim C. Wilson

{ Poem }

I dock the dead, the damaged and diseased;
/ the gnarled and dry come tumbling from the heights
/ until I stand knee-deep…

Ferns like poems - by Ian Abbot

{ Poem }

They rise
/ out of the earth like innocent serpents set to strike.
/ Their folded, poisoned heads assume
/ an attitude of piety; humility…

The Mower - by Vicki Feaver

{ Poem }

When I was young and miserable,
/ a misfit and a rebel,
/ almost never out of trouble,
/ desperate to escape school,
/ time dawdled.
/ …

Slugs - by George T. Watt

{ Poem }

Div slugs ken thay ar universally reviled?
/ div thair mithers warn thaim,
/ kep awa frae the beer
/ an that it’s nae trui fit…

Gift - by Czesław Miłosz

{ Poem }

A day so happy.
/ Fog lifted early, I worked in the garden.
/ Hummingbirds were stopping over honeysuckle flowers.
/ There was no thing on…

Another Spring - by Christina Rossetti

{ Poem }

If I might see another Spring,
/ I’d not plant summer flowers and wait:
/ I’d have my…

Carpe Diem - by Stewart Conn

{ Poem }

From my study window
/ I see you
/ below in the garden, a hand
/ …

Garden of Love - by Helena Nelson

{ Poem }

I like gardening. Since I am God
/ I can decide – inside these fences –
/ who lives, who dies, whose will is…

from The Deer Path To My Door - by Gerry Loose

{ Poem }

here doing what I do best
/ weeding reading drinking
/
/ *
/
/ tax bills deadlines work undone
/ I plan a seat round the sycamore
/
/ *
/
/ time spent…

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