Porch Women
we are the fruit
of all those flowers
picked
sat here on the porch
with tea
vases full
slips cut
from places
behind fences
set to grow
in other soils
we nourished
on the kitchen scraps
the eden
in the things you left
behind
Leftover Eden series?
ReplyDelete28 Days in Flowers! I have to get 28 poems I have decided. I am finding it an interesting exercise although I will probably be ready to eat dirt by the end.
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ReplyDeleteSo beautiful!
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