Touch

familiar foot traffic past a garden, plush menagerie of color and scents nervy stance from a snowball bush, resplendent with white rounded vases of blooms stately with milky petals in clumped clover-leaf shapes tempting touch like a face symmetrical with compelling eyes two small girls totter ahead cup flower-clusters push petals into rosy faces peacockish vain in a cherished space a grandma explains, "snowballs of summer" soothing presence for children, giddy who cradle plump blooms like giants in hand white petals plucked specks in small hands never fully sure of what they hold moments that stammer that leave us in bursts as time flits through summer eves to touch foreign worlds that bead like water on skin a flow into comfort - when it comes in streams

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Marikate Kingston

Date: 3/14/2024 8:27:00 PM

A spring robin would be so delighted to be surrounded by your pretty season above. I can hear the "giddy" children singing as they expore the marvelous "clumped flower-clusters" Delightful. What a nice poem to come across. :)

Brian Sambourne
Date: 3/14/2024 8:32:00 PM

Hello Marikate, Your thoughtful words brighten my day. Thank you for seeing value in my posting. I hope that all is well with you. Enjoy the early spring. Sincere good wishes, Brian

Juliet Ligon

Date: 8/25/2023 6:57:00 PM

Beautiful how you showed the details of the garden through the eyes of these little girls. I like your phrasing of "snowballs of summer" for those plump flowers.

Brian Sambourne
Date: 8/25/2023 6:59:00 PM

Thank you, Juliet, for your stop by + uplifting words. I hope all is well with you. With appreciation, Brian

Christina Bowring

Date: 8/18/2023 4:06:00 AM

This is such a well written, poetic poem Brian. So much to admire - a master of words. I especially love the last stanza. Inspiring.Thank you for sharing and I shall be reading more of your impressive work. Warmest wishes.

Brian Sambourne
Date: 8/25/2023 7:01:00 PM

Hello Christina, Your words are truly encouraging. Thank you immensely for the affirmative views of my posting. You've given a boost to my pen. Sincerely, Brian

Bill Baker

Date: 8/14/2023 6:50:00 AM

You're a master of Free Verse poetry, Brian, I'm truly impress with your talent. Thanks for sharing such exquisite imagery. Your poems come to life when read, my friend. Bill

Brian Sambourne
Date: 8/14/2023 7:26:00 AM

Hi Bill, I appreciate your appraisal immensely. Often my free verse is low on the totem pole of acknowledgements. Kind comments such as yours are a real boost. Be well. Brian

Terry Miller

Date: 8/11/2023 2:54:00 AM

I love this poem so much, well crafted and written, congratulations on your viburnum poem.

Brian Sambourne
Date: 8/11/2023 8:33:00 AM

Hi Terry Your words truly encourage. The piece was based on an actual observance in the neighbourhood. Thank you for your supportive comment. Be well. Brian