Best Tend The Garden Poems

There was sweat on my brow, 
beads of them as I approached her. 

I was a young man, still green. 

She was a mature woman...

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I used to mow the lawn with joy.
     And trim up all the trees.
Prune the hedges, tend the garden. 
 ...

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She: (doubtful and fearful)
You love me only when you see a smile
When dancing in the breeze young and carefree
It's only then you find what is...

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Snow crested range backdrop, gurgling creek allurement
At long last was the field, ours its loamy splendor
Our fertile paradise beneath stars and thunder
Within this promise, we...

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She: (doubtful and fearful)
You love me only when you see a smile
When dancing in the breeze young and carefree
It's only then you find what is...

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Lost Garden

Lacy, lovely lilac wisteria
Drape over an old weathered garden fence,
Behind the gate, the history of a family,
Life loved, life cherished, life spent.

There’s a plaque...

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I will not run from fear.  Its torment I must shun,
when it threatens with distress and intimidation.
No song of despair will I sing when...

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[ Opens with Harmonica ]
     
I was a broken man, down on my knees       ...

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Heaven Here

I stare at the photo, 
unbidden… tears fill my eyes. 
I can barely see. 
I hate that about me. 
You would laugh. 
You always...

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Leafy ferns and little frogs
Toads live in the garden
Weeds and grass and daffodils
And poop...I beg your pardon

Yes poop is in there from the cat
That roams...

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SCANTILY-CLAD in the GARDEN of S W EDEN

Here I stand, all alone, scantily-clad in the garden of S W EDEN.
Wondering if the Original Garden still...

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Planting a seed
Watching it grow to a beautiful flower; is for many
A deeply spiritual experience
Seeing God’s handiwork before your eyes
A compelling picture of His presence...

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The miser pinched his pennies
A mime who danced for dimes
Reserved in days of plenty
For days of rose and wine

Planted seeds of kindness
Did tend his garden...

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A common green
Garden hose coiled
Slithering head bright and erect
Suspended over the gaping crowns
And roots garmented in soil
And I 
At the foot of glowing tree
Or flower...

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Dear Neighbor, you know who you are.
You are a sweet neighbor and I know that
we have developed a friendship so rare...
You know a lot about...

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