Line Gauthier Poet Free verse

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Junkyard Garden

through lean years
in this thing called life
i’ve tended to my garden
erected walls with what i could
made a shelter called it mine

i filled each corner
in convoluted ways
with memories and fantasies
along the way weeds got the best of me

my garden looks more like a junkyard
a roadmap of regrets discarded 
scruffy trails of abandoned rejects
milestone remnants of betrayals

sometimes i meander
thru the backlanes of my mind
both the garden and the junkyard 
intermingling in a unique form of art
it’s messy but i claim it as my own



Published in my 24-page photo/anthology book ~IN THE GARDEN OF MY FANTASY~ 2023

Read on air by invitation  ~  January 16, 2022  'POETS HARBOUR'

AP: Honorable Mention 2020

Submitted on October 5, 2019 for contest MY FAVORITE JUNKYARD sponsored by CRAIG CORNISH  -  RANKED 12TH

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Craig Cornish November 3, 2019 at 8:20 AM Line, I love your analogy or jux of garden to junkyard which makes it truly poetic. Line Gauthier November 3, 2019 at 12:26 PM Thank you so much, Craig, for your lovely compliment.

Subimal Sinha-Roy November 2, 2019 at 10:39 PM Congratulations on your win, Line. You are right, we need to own up our garden and junkyard. Line Gauthier November 2, 2019 at 10:49 PM Thanks for your lovely visit and comment, Subimal.

Sandra Adams November 2, 2019 at 9:38 PM back to say congratulations on your win :) hugs Line Gauthier November 2, 2019 at 9:51 PM Thanks, Sandra. Much appreciated.

Eve Roper November 2, 2019 at 7:33 PM Congratulations on your win, Line, in My Favorite Junkyard. Hugs Eve Line Gauthier November 2, 2019 at 9:52 PM Thanks Eve. Much appreciated.

Beautiful Scars November 2, 2019 at 4:14 PM It's yours and that's all that matters. Congrats in your win lovely Line x:)-luloo Line Gauthier November 2, 2019 at 9:52 PM LOL Thanks, LuLoo.

Quoth Theraven October 6, 2019 at 12:27 AM Line, What a garden it is, truly. Wouldn't have it any other way. -Richard Line Gauthier October 6, 2019 at 7:00 AM Thanks for your much appreciated visit and comment, Richard.

Regina Mcintosh October 5, 2019 at 9:51 PM Your junkyard sounds like mine too :) Bless you and all the best in the contest. Prayers, Gina Line Gauthier October 5, 2019 at 10:54 PM Yes our junkyards have a lot in common, Gina.

Heidi Sands October 5, 2019 at 5:16 PM Wow, this is a great one ! Well expressed and creative Line :) Line Gauthier October 5, 2019 at 6:11 PM Thank you so much for your lovely compliment, Heidi.

Sandra Adams October 5, 2019 at 3:02 PM great entry for the contest Line, love where you went with this one! nice penning :) hugs Line Gauthier October 5, 2019 at 3:30 PM Thank you, Sandra. I enjoyed the challenge.