Fence palings pale
into yesterday’s garden
paying the sun’s toll
Tag Archives: garden
Zenku #925
A new marigold
garden from my old
neighbour sowing Spring
Zenku #905
I ask the
gardener her tree’s name
‘Cynthia,’ she says
Zenku #880
This greenless, treeless
yard hoping for
a personality transplant
Zenku #835
After the storm
a garden conference
We Will Rebloom
800 Zenkus – Naturally
Every day a magpie couple and their two offspring visit for breakfast and several other snacks during the day. We’ve watched the babies grow up and overcome challenges, and they’ve remained together. We’re also honoured to receive visits from Butcherbirds, Little Corellas, Rainbow Lorikeets, Sulphur-Crested Cockatoos, Crows, Plovers, Ibises, Currawongs, and Bush Turkeys. No wonder there are so many bird poems among the Zenku collection.
Zenku #751
In early sun the
garden shimmies to a
silent dance-tune breeze
Zenku #737
In the healthiest garden
resistance writhes and rises
There is munching
Zenku #694
At the library’s herb
garden a summer of
leaves unbound
Zenku #680
Bamboo no match
for the gardener’s blade
Regrowth matchless
Zenku #645
Working after hours as
the garden’s fairy
lights blink on
Zenku #620
At the sprinkler-face
weeds experience
randomized equality
Zenku #601
Garden shrubs lopped
and squared, precisely,
for a day
Zenku #598
Whipper-snipping
defenceless grass
Its blades blunted
Zenku #597
The pregnant neighbour’s
new garden growing
ahead of her
