(Garden Past and Future)
In Seattle
God’s beautiful
Rain body
Covers us over
And our home
Is a boat
Afloat
On a sea
Of grass and flowers.
Lavetera
Sprays up
Against our kitchen window.
Dahlias bob
In the breeze.
Squash
Blossoms
Into starfish.
And day lilies
Buoy and beacon
Against the back fence.
In this ocean
Of planted motion
Thoughts rise
And become spirit-fish,
All neon – dart – and flash,
And wonder
Is luminous.
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
