cucumbers are here!
and what better potatoes
than purple, from home?
Zucchini Has Friends
gardening
In Three Days…
a zucchini grows
from a few fetal flowers
to Monday night’s meal
From the Heart
lemon-dijon tuna
on a bed of basmati
and my garden peas
even the heart shape
couldn’t win me their favor
though i tried. i tried.
From Scratch and Seed
our homemade pizza
with veggies from the garden
(love summer weekends)
Rainbow Roots
of little promise
this underdeveloped root
(thought i’d just get blooms)
but underground joy
arrives when you keep digging
to find the rainbow
Solar Products
dawn clouds framing trees
parmesan zucchini, please
(sunlit expertise)
July Blooms (Why Yes, Carrots Bloom)
sunflowers, carrots
zucchini ready to burst
bring it on, summer
seltzer, zucchini,
cosmos invading background
what else says July?
Root Gold
in March, we built it.
Douglas Fir, organic soil
we placed it. waited.
in April, snow hit.
the harshest frost recorded
so late in the spring.
in May, leaves blossomed
flaunting for the cold world
their defiance.
in June, flowers bloomed
as pretty as peonies,
protecting their roots
in July, i dug
searching for gold in soft soil
and finding these gems
Coronatine Victory Garden
a small victory
using my hands to plant peas
as they fought spring snow
as they outgrew me
using my hands to pick peas
during quarantine
they made two harvests
using my hands to shell peas
a small victory
Grown Not Flown
my childhood home
with trees my parents planted
taller than our lives
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