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Sunshine

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Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

0 posted 2008-02-20 07:41 PM

Rebirth Accepting New

In southern states
they are pruning winter
off their roses
encouraging them to begin
with deft and gentle touch
their entry into Spring.

Man or woman, gardeners all,
bending over the straightness
of a shoot, whispering, come
seeing firsthand
with some exaltation of joy
new reddish-green shoots of limbs
that will soon reach for an azure sky
under a life-giving sun.

Gardeners survey their plot,
perhaps the whole of the yard,
perhaps a spot
where a bareness lies
in need of some color
not seen before.

I wonder what is better:
the shopping trip, culminating
in a find never before found,
or turning over ground,
preparing for a new beginning

that will cause passersby
to smile, in simmering days to come
as the proliferation
of a gardener’s love, while he bends
over a bloom, taking in its scent.

Even the other, older roses,
seem to glow a little brighter.

© KRJ
2-20-2008

ThisDiamond
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-02-22

Posts 9353
Michigan, USA

1 posted 2008-02-20 08:38 PM

Indeed, the gardener is in perfect heaven.
As am I, warming up to the thoughts of spring.

Robert Frazier
Senior Member

since 2003-02-06

Posts 1014

2 posted 2008-02-20 11:25 PM

Beautiful Poet Rose, As roses are high up on my passion list...you really wrote to my heart! I've been working lately to get mine into shape, and plan to plant a few this weekend...I will dedicate one to you.

Always,
R

SEA

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Member Seraphic

since 2000-01-18

Posts 22676
with you

3 posted 2008-02-20 11:37 PM

neither of my thumbs are green

I can't grow anything...but my hubby sure can! Mom too...I don't mind...it's nice getting goodies (hello cherry tomatoes!) from the garden

amusemi
Senior Member

since 2001-12-08

Posts 1262
A State of Disarray

4 posted 2008-02-21 12:05 PM

Beautifully done. I can't wait for spring...thank you for bringing a piece of it to those of us in a winter's wasteland!

Robert E. Jordan
Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

5 posted 2008-02-21 07:02 PM

Sunshine,

I’m grateful to those that grow my food, and flowers growers are good. As a child I had too many bad experiences working in a garden to want one myself.

You did a good job on the poem.

Bobby

Artic Wind
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 8080
Realm of Supernatural

6 posted 2008-02-21 07:04 PM

I love flowers myself

I LOVE SPRING!

Enjoyed the write SunShine

ARCTIC WIND

brianbeaudry
Member

since 2001-07-20

Posts 410
Northern Ontario Canada

7 posted 2008-02-21 07:15 PM

My garden is still under 4 feet of now, but the tulips whisper can be heard if you listen closely!! Wonderful poem of promise!!

secondhanddreampoet
Member Ascendant

since 2006-11-07

Posts 6394
a 'Universalist' !

8 posted 2008-02-22 04:54 PM

a grand-fine 'write!'

[I love the ending lines in particular!]

much applause!!

WindWalker
Senior Member

since 2001-10-12

Posts 1218

9 posted 2008-02-28 11:02 PM

This indeed is a grand-fine 'write, I love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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