June 8: Clematis

purple clematis

finally tall enough

to train the vines

June 3: Weeding

weeding the garden

which flowers live

and which die

November 12: Yard work

Remembered too late

summer’s flowers

already frozen in their pots. 

June 7: Blackflies

So solicitous

of my gardening chores--

blackflies.

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August 15: Mid-August

Deadheading the last

of the day lilies

to a chorus of crickets.

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July 26: Body art

In from the garden

my arms are smeared with

saffron patches of pollen.

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July 25: Meditation

Among the flowers

bees and a skipper.

No politics tonight, dear.

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April 17: Paul's birthday

Raking last year's leaves

off tender spikes of tulips,

getting my hands dirty.

May 4: I hear my first Black-throated Green Warbler of spring

While gardening

between thunderstorms--

warbler's spring song.

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