Poetry – The Trials and Tribulations of an Urban Farmer

Winter Hydrangeas

19 Dec 202120 Dec 2021

Once blue, hydrangeas crumple in the snow.Fading from the limelight,As winter sets in.Dried petals remain.Dim ashes will return. Green life decorated until last summer.A hole will be left behindHow to…

Archives

Leaded glass replaced by granite,Solid barrier from heat and light.Protecting documents from fading.Historic records of time past.Digitization only a dream. Still stone reflects sun and colour.Light still strives to penetrate.Illuminating…

native plants…

Wild Asters Fill the Gap

One wild white aster appeared at the foot of the stairs.Child of seed carried on breeze.But I flew to his side,and the cold set in before my return,White smiles withered…

Late Bloomer

19 Sep 202118 Sep 2021

She is smaller in stature thanThose whose long necks and yellow petalsBrazenly lure hungry wasps with colour and scent. The late bloomer wears fragile pink,A symbol of kindness, service, beauty,…

Poetry

Summer Ends

5 Sep 20215 Sep 2021

Shrill sounds of sirens mix with cicadas. Sirens signal danger of collisionAs pandemic lingers.Warning all to keep apart. Cicadas loudly call for connection.Once dormant underground,Urgent now, life cycles ending. Many…

Inspirations…

Resilience and Resolution

Avocado pit swaddled and tucked away.Weeks later sending forth roots.Too small to sustain your stem, I wait.I am too long in remembering,And tender shoots turn brown. I reproach myself for…

Bougainvillea

15 Aug 202115 Aug 2021

We met often in “the before”.Your colorful arch embraced us in Barbados.I walked down your lane in Venice Beach. I found you in the greenhouse.Warm and safe in artificial campus…

Inspirations…

Ducks and Rain, A Poem

8 Aug 20218 Aug 2021

The raindrops keep others at bay while I swim in the pool of blue water.Cares and aches dissipate for a time under canopy of grey clouds.A lone goose soars, beckoning…

Garden Crops…

Wildflower Seed paper

11 Jul 202111 Jul 2021

Seed paper was something I had heard about but never tried. On Mother's Day, my oldest daughter gifted me with a carefully sourced wildflower seed card with a handwritten poem…

Inspirations…

Leaf Shadows

13 Jun 202114 Jun 2021

Leaf shadows glide, stirred by wind.Gray images projected on stone.An effortless performance for one,Choreography perfected by chance.Connection brings them back to place,So the dance can start anew. V. Ferrier Plants…