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Dandy/Robin/Gardener By Sadie Pressman, Sadie Pressman
Dandy/Robin/Gardener By Sadie Pressman, Sadie Pressman
ART/RSP 299: Gathering in the Garden: Poetry and Studio Art
Dandy
I’ll be so direct by saying, if I may, that here is simply, absolutely, the best place to be. Here,
where the rolling hill plunges towards the ocean. Here, where the sight of the Bavarian blue sky
makes my insides feel endless. Here, where, watching as I so often do, as the white cotton
shape-shifts before my eyes, summer-time in suspense. The sun’s rays suspend from the sky,
dangling like the hands of time. They caress me. A pocket watch in the sky, the sky's the best
accessory. Here, where I am more popular than I could ever have …
Three Garden Visitors By Vivien Russe, Vivien Russe
Three Garden Visitors By Vivien Russe, Vivien Russe
ART/RSP 299: Gathering in the Garden: Poetry and Studio Art
Three Garden Visitors
Beside a cup of tea, I am a spotted leopard on pajamas.
Outside in the garden, this early summer morning,
Staying sly, quiet, not wanting to draw any attention from the neighbors.
A birdie is hidden in the Emerald Green Arborvitae,
After lunch, Owen comes over, asking politely if he can come into the yard to find it.
I reply, “Certainly, you can retrieve anything that lands in the yard without asking”.
Coming unannounced, no matter when, full of presumption
It comes with the lightest, gentle touch or the hardest hit, knocking flowers off center.
Below the …
Ilja By Paula Shevenell, Paula Shevenell
Ilja By Paula Shevenell, Paula Shevenell
ART/RSP 299: Gathering in the Garden: Poetry and Studio Art
ILJA
I remember you
sitting in the woods,
Gathering in the children
Gathering in the
sights and sounds.
You’re expression
warm, kind patient
as the children crawl over you.
I remember
Sitting on this rock
breathing in the scent of the woods
Trying to bring in
the calm I see in you
Amid the chaos
Of children befriending you
Of parents attempting
To capture the moment
With their devices
Of plastic, wires and glass.
We, Three By Ginny Majka, Ginny Majka
We, Three By Ginny Majka, Ginny Majka
ART/RSP 299: Gathering in the Garden: Poetry and Studio Art
We, Three
I am the soil, the mountains and oceans of life.
Mycellium colonies beneath my surface plunge up
up, up through the peat and the moss, the decaying leaves. They pray for the rain, the fruit of my earth.
Plantae nestle in, fragile and comfortable,
seeds sprout to eagerly gulp rain,
animalia flourish, consuming what I provide
only to come home, at the end, to me
to rejoin my earth;
we are one
I am the atmosphere, the sunny clouds and storms producing bounty to those below
I am the chaos in the lightning
I am the rainbow after …
Floral Beauty By Sophia Squire, Sophia Squire
Floral Beauty By Sophia Squire, Sophia Squire
ART/RSP 299: Gathering in the Garden: Poetry and Studio Art
Floral Beauty
An appreciation for chrysanthemum
Took bloom within her soul during
Her early years of life and began
To flourish as time went on
Passing slowly, the years whisked
By and things would grow all around
Her as her hair drifted down past
Her slim shoulders – long brown
“I wish to grow my roots, soon,
In one place where I can stay
Becoming stronger within myself
Until it is time for me to wither away
I’ll make this body a lovely space
For my spirit of flora to grow and
Thrive, with windows all around to
Let sunshine …