Sayonara, Mi Jardín

from smoky skies to ice

all the devil’s handiwork

(Earth in humans’ grip)

Almost a Meal

garden donations:

(nice to have gardening friends

who offer seeds, plants)

Trapped (Not Trapped)

sometimes i think: Hell.

twenty days of solid heat.

(Denver in summer)

and then i recall

our glorious altitude

and misty mornings

i will swim for views

only captured here at home

(Denver forever)

Your Garden Daily

zucchini tonight:

soon to be my life story–

sweet stuffing, hard shell

Burned

ten minutes of rain

won’t wash away the fires

in mountains, in souls

Fire and Ice

water still as ice

while wildfires choke sky

with climate change breath

Too Hot to Believe

only this sunrise

shaped by feared wildfires

could make these strange scenes

Free Fire

how couldn’t you love

living amongst these sunsets?

set by fire, love.

you’ll never see light

like these Friday night lights, love.

you’ll see handlebars.

we win with bike lanes.

with the illusion of truth.

with blue skies and heat.

Zucchini Therapy (Bless You, Barbara Kingsolver)

Zoom meeting hell day

computers that will not work

need zucchini love

Coronatine Revamped

Zoom meetings drain me

but how sweet these tomatoes

and basil, with love