Kew Gardens Spectrum

In Kew Gardens I feast on				
daffodils and swans and honk-				
ing geese in turf protection mode				
and one spectacular show				
from a strutting peacock’s tail,				
its color chart exploding					
against the day’s gray weather.		
	
On warmer days Kew is packed				
with mums and dads and kiddies				
running about or being pushed 				
in prams. Today’s marginal 			
weather has cut the numbers.				
I am drawn to a park’s promises		
in crowd depleting weather.					.							

In youth I’d sit on a bench 			
beneath a chestnut tree and feel 			
fully protected from rain 				
by the natural umbrella 				
of thick leaves above my head			
or, barefooted, tramp through wet 			
grass after the midday storm.												

In the misted gray of not				
quite Spring Kew Garden isn’t 			
in full bloom but I can feel				
the promise of warmer days and, 				
with luck, the persistent need 				
of a peacock to impress 				
his ladies with the full bloom					 
of his magnificent tail.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2019



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Date: 4/2/2023 10:45:00 AM
Hello Bill, A beajtiful poem about a garden. Enjoy your day my friend./Darlene\
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Date: 3/31/2023 6:31:00 PM
You've caught Kew Gardens in all its splendour in spring's rebirth. Striking imagery throughout. Congratulations, Bill! Cheers, Brian
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Date: 3/31/2023 4:18:00 PM
Lovely! Great details! I lived near a place in Queens, NY called Kew Gardens so it brought back memories of the beautiful flowers in the Springtime! Excellent writing!
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Date: 5/25/2022 7:08:00 AM
Such beautiful imagery, Bill! I wish I was under that umbrella of leaves right now watching the swans and geese. Thanks for sharing. Rhonda xx
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Date: 1/19/2019 5:55:00 PM
I like the imagery "its color chart exploding against the day’s gray weather." And the "peacock to impress his ladies with a full bloom of his magnificent tail."I have no idea where Kew Garden is, but I am looking it up after this poem, Bill.
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