hostas hosts butterfly

one white butterfly
hovers around the big leaves, like
they were thighs

the white flowers tinkle
tinkerbell style, but the butterfly
doesn't stick
prefering a reed-thin iris frond

whiteness causes colo(u)r blindness
i read
the orange tiger lilies
the red pea flowers, the green growing pears hanging
the daisies, yellow centered, and white
she loves me she loves me not
petals

i remember the university wanting reparation$
for taking out hostas and planting food on campus
Caroline and band of equity gardeners resisting
the corporate diet

the butterfly moves on now, it's
a sunny day
the bees and the dragonflies are working
with

parapetal

i was going to call it butterfly alley
so many flying past and how they rise up over the fence
and down to the veggies, then
back to the lilac
my heart beats as i watch
how do they fly
how how how

the sundog was big overhead
i need to walk more everyday
an hour goes part too quickly, and
the glint of the iridescent back of the bug
reminds me of the ant with the finger
nail clipping, meeting other ant on the way

glinty
sunny sundog
butterflies pear petals down
tumbling thoughts, giving
breathing, being part

see i see grandma's day 101

see
i see a nest in the distance
not too far, up in a tree
perched waiting for fluffy wings
and bird feet and pounding
heart

if i can see it so can many
firmly there in the
crook
voices nearby seem to say
we are protected in the
sunlight, in the rain and
wind and cold and by our nest in a tree in the sky

it may be flubby feet at first
falling flustering
seeing how serious it is to
let go
let go let go


added on dec 18, 2008
grandma's day!
101

back yard news #?

sat oct 26 2008

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swooping over the path
the yellow flowers guard the front
& back gates to the back yard

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art workers wanted in kitsi
lano: partners in crime against crimes against
humanity
watercolo(u)rs

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pear tree sheds many leaves
the ground is green and brown

*
breeze stirs boughs they swing
the ground is green and brown

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very peaceful lots to do
sublime skies