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mother taught me about gardens ... all winter she would ponder ... and make plans selecting flowers by texture and shape in a tapestry of colors like bright sun jewels and on planting "day" I wore an aquamarine sundress ... ~ we needed hardy flowers for our changeable climate and mother taught me to use color artfully ~ but no matter what we did ... by mid summer the garden was a wild mosaic tangle of tangerine nasturtium and lemon marigold along with lilac forget-me-nots and a mix of lavender and crimson snapdragons oh, we had lost all control ... ~ we had painted daisies in saffron and watermelon pink and thrusting coneflowers in all hues ~ now, my garden is much smaller yet I still have a vibrant array of flowers a display of changing colors all summer long that grow high, cascade, and tumble I have climbing wallflowers in chartreuse and every view is painted ... in hues like watercolors saturated with sun oh, I love the coral bells ... falling from baskets ~ let there be color and there is ... like magic ... colorful flowers dancing in the breeze ____________________ April 5, 2021 - Repost Poetry/Free Verse/like watercolors Copyright Protected, ID 04-1368-232-05 All Rights Reserved, 2021, Constance La France Submitted to the Standard contest, A Brian Strand July 2 Contest sponsor, Brian Strand, Judged 07/02/2021 First Place