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Garden Tale

gardens are where we are:

  from "Eden" to "Gilgamesh", "Babylon" to "Gethsemane"
  from mountain to coast, town to country
  from wetlands to desert oasis, under the sea to the edge of ice
  from "Earth" to space-station orbit, from planet to planet

  gardens are where we live:

  from outside-in to inside-out, around to beside
  from collective to individual, quadrangle to atrium
  from backyard to balcony, from courtyard to cloister
  from ground-up to sky-high roofs, from nook to cranny

  gardens are where we visit:

  from commons to curtilage, allotment to village green
  from manicured plot to mere scruff of land
  from wild to walled, organic to formal, meadow to lawn
  from parkland to zoological, from arboretum to vivarium

  gardens are where we tend:

  place of flora, display and decay, bulb and bud, compost heap
  fruit, flower and grass, vegetable, shrub and season,
  orchard and tree, seed and feed, moss and weed
  landscape zone, bed and border, low and high, soft and hard

  gardens are where we share:

  place of fauna, beetle, insect, worm, slug and grub
  little feathered one and less-favoured bigger bird
  hedgehog, mouse and mole, dog and feline lurker
  nocturnal creatures, night owl, bat and canny fox

  gardens are where we work and play:

  blower, mower and hoer, digger, trimmer and feeder
  trampoline, trapeze, swing and climbing-frame
  hot tub, swimming pool, sandpit and tree hut
  dangling rope, make-shift bar, barbecue and loungers

  gardens are where we arrange:

  seat and bench, bank and wall, hedge, fence and terrace
  deck and patio, step and rockery, path and driveway
  pond and fountain, pot and gargoyle, gnome and statue
  solar panel, whirly-gigs and paraphernalia

  gardens are where we utilise:

  soil, sand and earth, pebble, cobble and brick, slab and block
  gravel and stones, tar and timber, concrete and clay
  propagator and fertiliser, weed-killer and repellant
  hose and spray-gun, faucet and waste-recycling bin

  gardens are where we construct:

  green- and summer-house, chalet and conservatory
  pavilion and utility-room, birdhouse and feeding station
  fuel chest and storage box, arbor and bower
  pergola and gazebo, canopy and awning, trellis and mesh

  gardens are where we intersect:

  place of greeting neighbours and hiding from sight
  place of meeting and memorial, safety and enclosure
  place of imagination and creation, snowmen, fun and games
  place of rest and retreat, to contemplate the universe

  ......gardens are in my mind

Copyright © Ian Love | Year Posted 2021

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