gardening
Cutting it Close
Grin-Worthy
the orchid is done
it bursts at thirty-two blooms
yet the blooms don’t die
Scene Four from a Marriage (Fences)
it's not romantic
and yet it's so romantic
i garden. he builds
Blooms for Four Months
everything’s broken
the car, the obese dog… me
oh, but the orchid.
Orchid Power
Flowers for Futures
after four days off
(a vacation i needed)
what a perfect note
and the orchid blooms!
he bought her eight years ago
(just a baby then)
they were babies then
my daughters, their dolls, these blooms
(trying to find light)
now unstoppable
bursting with so many buds
(flowers for futures)
Wabi-Sabi (Perfectly Imperfect)
Orchid Awakening
Breathing Through
June: a harried month
with all the joys and sorrows
that make up this life
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