CarrotBy Leah Naomi GreenTake all summer,your ember from the sun,its walking meditation. Store it in smallvaults of light to ...NatureActivitiesGardeningOptimism
In my next life let me be a tomatoBy Natasha Raolusting and unafraid. In this bipedal incarnation I have always been scared of my own ripening, mother...ActivitiesGardening
Black EarthBy Osip MandelstamToo black, too much indulged, living in clover, all little withers, all air, all charity, all crumbling...NatureLandscapes & PastoralsSocial CommentariesTown & Country LifeActivitiesGardeningJobs & Working
The Flowering MemoriesBy Jesús Papoleto MeléndezIf some nice person Were to be walking by the front of my house and would pick a flower from the breasts...NatureTrees & FlowersLivingSorrow & GrievingTime & BrevityActivitiesGardeningGrief
p1The Pardoning HourBy Khaty Xiong Here at my parents’ farm trumpeting bees scoring in the ears of all flowerkind chilies and kabocha ...Social CommentariesRace & EthnicityHistory & PoliticsLivingDeathLife ChoicesSorrow & GrievingRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsActivitiesGardening + 4 more
p1Rogue CornBy Nikki WallschlaegerMy fav event as harvest season approaches is the rough seed that escaped the plots. If there’s a cornfield...LivingLife ChoicesActivitiesGardeningJoy & Contentment
p1Lockdown GardenBy Arvind Krishna Mehrotra1 Close to each other, socially undistanced, the mulberry leaves, uniformly green, shall turn brown ...NatureTrees & FlowersSocial CommentariesHistory & PoliticsLivingTime & BrevityActivitiesGardeningGriefMelancholy & Despair + 3 more
p1The ArtichokeBy James McMichaelThe Artichoke She bore only the heart, Worked at the stem with her Fingers, pulling it to her, And into her, like...ActivitiesEating & DrinkingGardening
p1“The Complicated Sex Life of Primula ...By Marion McCreadyA Mardi Gras of primroses line my driveway. Pin-eyed, thrum-eyed, natural selection in action; the carnival...NatureTrees & FlowersActivitiesGardeningJoy & Contentment
p1Gazetteer of the Backyard (In Which Pedanius Dioscorides Takes Stock)By Sylvia Legris part 1. uprooted the early sky 1 Luminous flowers and luminous insects. Fire lilies and fireflies. ...ActivitiesGardeningJoy & ContentmentOptimism
QuiescenceBy Alyse KnorrBetween us bobs the baby, solemn in her infant wet suit. The pool is the only place where screaming ...LoveHeartache & LossNatureSummerTrees & FlowersLivingGrowing OldInfancyParenthoodTime & BrevityRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsActivitiesGardeningBirthMother's DayAnxiety & InsecurityGratitudeJoy & ContentmentOptimism + 13 more
p1The Wire Fence Was Bent Where a Deer Jumped OverBy Carolyn GuinzioNeighbor, your mower cast dust over the edge where the field meets the field, toy-sized ring- necked...RelationshipsFriends & EnemiesHome LifeActivitiesGardeningBoredomJoy & Contentment
p1TalismanBy Susan StewartWho are you? Where are you hiding? Were you thrown, tumbling through space, aleatory, radiant, only ...NatureTrees & FlowersSocial CommentariesHistory & PoliticsReligionJudaismRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsActivitiesGardeningArts & SciencesPhilosophy + 5 more
BEDS: N 42° 44’ 33” / E 84° 29’ 47”By Divya VictorWe are on our knees. We are saying that the tulips have had it hard this week. We are saying something...NatureTrees & FlowersSocial CommentariesClassTown & Country LifeHistory & PoliticsRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsFriends & EnemiesHome LifeActivitiesGardening + 5 more
p1Tree Elegy Across the Biosphere in Memory of W.S. MerwinBy John KinsellaPollination against the seed to grow canopy and mark place in shades of green—dry here to reflect in...NatureAnimalsTrees & FlowersLivingDeathSorrow & GrievingActivitiesGardeningArts & SciencesLanguage & LinguisticsPoetry & PoetsTypes/ModesElegyGriefOptimism + 8 more
p1The DefinitionsBy Fanny HoweMonostich: a long sentence Sternum: a little chest Heart: upside down Location of the unconscious: Empty...LoveNatureLandscapes & PastoralsTrees & FlowersSocial CommentariesCrime & PunishmentGender & SexualityHistory & PoliticsLivingGrowing OldParenthoodThe BodyThe MindTime & BrevityRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsActivitiesGardeningTravels & JourneysArts & SciencesLanguage & Linguistics + 14 more
p1The Garden Body: A FlorilegiumBy Sylvia Legris1 A pepper of bees opens the pupils. An ensemble of aromatics Chorus aphrodisia, mariner’s root, bright sky and...LoveDesire & PassionNatureTrees & FlowersLivingThe BodyActivitiesGardeningArts & SciencesReading & BooksMythology & FolkloreGreek & Roman Mythology + 5 more
The LiliesBy Karenne WoodWhen I learned I might have cancer, I bought fifteen white lilies. Easter was gone: the trumpets were...NatureTrees & FlowersLivingHealth & IllnessActivitiesGardeningGet Well & RecoveryAnxiety & Insecurity
p1Apricot LamentBy Tacey M. AtsittyJust when he thought to loom the backyard for bud & Just when he came to admire, or thought to dote ...LoveDesire & PassionNatureTrees & FlowersRelationshipsMen & WomenActivitiesGardeningDisappointment + 2 more
Witch WifeBy Kiki PetrosinoI’ll conjure the perfect Easter & we’ll plant mini spruces in the yard— my pink gloves & your green ...NatureSpringTrees & FlowersReligionChristianityActivitiesEating & DrinkingGardeningEasterDisappointment + 3 more