Category Archives: Gardening

A Gardener Watches Blown Snow

Posted on November 21, 2018 by janemwoodman

Diamonds driven by water-winds hiss against my windows frozen fire crackling burning coldcrisped leaves where vines still tether pods of purpleblack beans. Ferns bowing to the rush of switchback winds tempt my gardener’s hands into the frigid world calling it … Continue reading →

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October 22 Thank-You Note

Posted on October 9, 2018 by janemwoodman

Idling running your hands (those hands with rich veins whose heat of strength runs fast through them) through debased soil you touched an unexpected blasted root crowded around by noxious weeds nicked and frozen by turns half-eaten in the muddy … Continue reading →

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The Sweetness of October Melons

Posted on October 1, 2018 by janemwoodman

Sugared juices run across my palm, I catch my breath and shut my eyes —the sweetness of October melon— two seconds—less—sufficed to glide the long and gleaming knife through its netted skin through its softest orange flesh and now it … Continue reading →

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Sitting Too Close to the Flowers

Posted on August 29, 2018 by janemwoodman

Leaves of morning glory flutter their shade at me blocking the protection of melanin I seek. I look up for the Sun for its exact trajectory in the August sky but see instead sheens of dancing some-kind-of-willow like bright fresh … Continue reading →

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August

Posted on August 22, 2018 by janemwoodman

Loose in hip and mind I wander in the gardens a gigantic bee visiting flower and leaf seeking the astonishment of fruits where there were none even in the dimness of yesterday’s dusk. Indoors I settle to nothing neither book … Continue reading →

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Summer Senryu

Posted on August 21, 2018 by janemwoodman

Just one fear remains: Not fixing this day in words, losing its beauty.

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June Garden Sonnet

Posted on June 29, 2018 by janemwoodman

Now the gracious growing time begins Reprieve from first-stage hardest work now done. A breathing space sees just the rain and sun That make the gardens’ fruits swell in their skins. Some black-green velvet – others simply green Some still … Continue reading →

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first lilies (haiku)

Posted on June 22, 2018 by janemwoodman

lilies trumpet Grace hot melodies all in sharps rise from once-cold soil

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Solstice Meditation

Posted on June 21, 2018 by janemwoodman

i. Earth glows at Solstice – sings in orange blossoms murmurs sweet lavenders harmonizing with wrensong – caresses us all with love in breezes making feathered ferns dance shushing sweet jasmine into our rooms drawing us out gently into her … Continue reading →

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War of the Worlds (sonnet)

Posted on May 27, 2018 by janemwoodman

In this lovely world I call my own, Viewed at this moment through my soiled toes, Unrelenting beauty of the Spring Lulls my senses through eyes, ears and nose. This book is written well, its characters Developed well; its plot … Continue reading →

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