Stress Garden Poems

They make me wonder---
What fingers wove the tapestry of their being!
The splash of violet here, mauve there, white with red stripes—
They stand tall and do...

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Some say I’m a mean girl, but that’s not true
I put on a facade when my heart’s feeling blue
I enjoy camaraderie, conversation and silly fun...

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We go to a garden, where
Humble seating lay wait
Each mellow voice spoken
Fuse us thinking straight.

We go to a garden, where
The breath of God refresh, as
Each...

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Red, red roses, you flowers of immortal love
You first blossomed in God’s Garden for Eve
In my garden too, you bloom so bright
I tend you with...

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Vacumns and Garden hoses 
What can I say ….?
Well, they are the bane of my life
With their temperamental ways

Both are stubborn with a mind of...

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I solemnly received my first toilet auger
As if it were a knight’s well-tempered sword.
It meant I’d passed my ninety-day audition,
And seemed to me a suitable...

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ooh la lavender 
why am I drawn to it's soul 
christening my nose 
~
ever so flavor 
why am I drawn to it so
tiny floral scents
~
smells...

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Tended with diligent care and toiling
Prayed for against pest attack so severe 
Being nurtured by God’s bountiful grace 
Our church gardens* are flourishing indeed.

Abundant green...

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de stress me
sipping beneath a giant Tree
warm cup of a nice Tea...

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Gray days get a really bad rap
  ~ They're ideal for a nice long nap

We lament the absence of sunshine
  ~ The respite...

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The Honey Bee

Not fun to be stung by the Honey Bee
It happened to me picking from a cherry tree.

Only worker bees sting, and only under...

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A Place Of Solace
By: Tom Wright
1/9/99

I have a special place
in which I go.
To wile away my time
amid the things that grow.

Within my garden
all things I...

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Eve ate the sweet, Forbidden Fruit 
   Almighty God forbade her to.  
      That asp, the Devil,...

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I saw the bees 
Take nectar from the trees
Their pollen sacks
Matching the hue
Of a tree I planted
In the autumn dew
Now stands proudly aloft
Shading the pansies
Towering...

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Listen and see
Stroll calmly here;
Stillness smells sweet

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Here as I sit
Feel soothing calm;
Pleasant presence

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Sand, stone and sight
Poignant landscape;
Stillness presides

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Feelings of ease
Lingers softly;
Mindful moments

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Breathe in
Breathe out;
Flow of...

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