A Place for Everyone

 -------A Place for Everyone-------

There are no fences 

around this garden

No fear 

of losing 

to someone else

Just seeds the earth 

has freely given

A place to plant,

to rest 

and eat.

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A Dream Between

 -------A Dream Between-------

A small patch 

of green 

amid the rubble

Is enough 

to bring 

in hope.

Dandelion and plantain,

clover, 

dock and sorrel.

A space to dream

of worlds

between

To make 

believe 

and wonder.

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Patience We Plant

 -------Patience We Plant-------

Rain and wind

wind

and rain

Springtime's

slow unfolding

With patience

we plant

our seeds by hand

With thanks

we gather sunshine.

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Analogy

 -------Analogy-------

A cold day

in middle spring

Feels

akin 

to autumn

As Maple buds 

enlight the forest

Like leaves

of red

and gold.

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The Rose's Song

 -------The Rose's Song-------

Spring

is in the air

A fragrance of trust,

like planted

roses,

That war

cannot destroy

With bombs or fear

the people's

song

Their stories

and their seeds.

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Harvests and the Seed

-------Harvests and the Seed-------

On the western coast

where rivers meet

the sea 

and bend like cedar

Stories of this land are told

in the mother tongue 

of seasons

In birdsong, wind, 

and morning light,

in the harvests 

and the seed.

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Growing

 -------Growing-------

Daylight 

upon the roses

Not yet bloomed but budding

Suggests 

the flowers

Sure to come 

Through mindful, 

patient study.

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