Photo 2 of 2 Back to Note ยท See All Photos
For years I have tried to capture you
Diligently planting hollyhocks and foxgloves
In the land of tallgrass prairie
To battle searing heat
And late May snowstorms.
Your glorious profusion
Belongs to the drizzle, the pheasant
The salty estuary tang
The wheeling seagull,
Your colours vibrant
Against grey June sky.
Black bumblebee dives deep
In digitalis cave
Raindrops quiver on crimson, yellow,
Pink, peach, ivory tea roses
Tangled with magenta peonies
And scarlet field poppies
Against a dizzying backdrop
Of white hollyhock spires
And delphiniums at budbreak.
Wood pigeon cries
"You can't go a-fishin' "
Song thrush and warblers sing
Wind rustles beech and chestnut--
These no photograph can show.
Garden, in the home of prickly pear and yucca,
I will remember you!
