October 3: Memorial

How sweet the roses

planted by a friend now gone.

I inhale again.

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September 20: Bouquet

After the rain, fog.

Late blooming island roses

perfume the morning.

 

 

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July 9: Rainy garden series

Visited the beautiful Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens in Boothbay this morning, despite persistent drizzle. The paths were less crowded than usual, and the colors and scents of the summer blooms seemed more vivid in the rain.

standing just so
under the flowering dogwood
fragrant pink sky

atop the weathervane
trilling junco
this garden is his

crouching down
so the lavender's eye-level,
I imagine fields full

Star of Persia allium
blown-out blooms
fireworks above the ferns

rain on rose petals
all-natural rosewater
flush of memory

June 23: Fog and roses

Harbor twilight--

scent of roses in the park,

boats hidden by fog.