Flower Child Every Sunday without fail, mother and I would walk to the station and catch the morning train to the coast to see my grandmother. Mother would tend to grandmother’s garden, caring for roses, mowing grass and trimming bushes. I amused myself as best I could for an eight-year old but mostly IContinue reading “Flower Child – Flash Fiction”
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A Fair Exchange
A Fair Exchange My favorite plants do not grow here The soil is not to their liking So I learn to love new exotic ones that tolerate the dryness of our winter and welcome the hot rainy season Gone are the pretty blue hydrangeas and pink hybrid roses tinged with gold Replaced by bright yellowContinue reading “A Fair Exchange”
Healing Garden
Healing Garden She followed the circled pathin the Healing Gardenas it was so calledHer desire for silence to let go of fearsshe noticed it was walled The bougainvillea spilledover with its deep pink blossomsA sight for tired eyesFragrant jasmine intertwinedwith tree foliageas if dropping from the skies Resting on the white benchShe drew peaceful energyfrom the surroundingsHer needContinue reading “Healing Garden”
Inspiration Garden
Inspiration Garden Fragrant blossomsof Lavender and RoseInspiring wordsof delicate proseReaching sensesof sight and smellCreating storiesand tales to tell Wandering pathwaysacross and aroundA seat to restwhere flowers aboundCascading bloomsOffering welcome shade Weeping tears of floraYet not dismayed Flashes of colorto please the eyeOn all four sidesof the gardens lieA Rainbow of colorand sachets of scentBeauty of natureFrom heaven sent ChristineContinue reading “Inspiration Garden”
Poetry For Healing 