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Garden

GARDEN

Two haiku after a painting by Russell Gordon

flowering dogwood
perched and pert, a tanager
harkens to the wind

flowering dogwood
perched and pert, just listening
scarlet tanager
………………………………..

this plaster statue
she’s naked, white and demure
looking at a rose

her round, yellow hat
casts a shadow as she picks
transformation bloom

all is wet and wild
garden cowed by wind and rain
tortoise pokes its head


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summer’s backward glance
reluctant to say adieu
one lonely white rose

Dave Austin

Copyright © | Year Posted 2014




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Date: 10/17/2014 3:49:00 PM
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Date: 10/17/2014 3:48:00 PM
These are beautiful Daver: Into my favorites file. Definitely a 7. Hugs, SuZ
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Date: 10/17/2014 10:15:00 AM
I did not want to leave these gems out here on there own. Babysitting them until others catch on.
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