GARDEN MUSE DAY FOR JULY: A POEM ABOUT A POND

My wife took this gorgeous photo at the International Waterlily Garden in San Angelo, Texas.

Waterlilies in San Angelo Texas

Cove Creek in Pisgah National Forest near Asheville, North Carolina

Where is the Water Going? 

original poem by David/ Tropical Texana

written 2/10/1980

Where is the water going?

in the stream,

in the river,

in the street outside my door.

Always the water swirls

and swishes, gurgles

and glistens with movement.

Always rushing down

as if to meet some long,

lost lover.

Where is the water going?

will it ever be still, or

ever stop that relentless

search for its salty mother? 

Just so-I think,

Where are the people going?

Will we ever be still,

like a garden pond,

a quiet pond

filled with life

and in no hurry.

Our garden pond at Tropical Texana

This week it's filled with tadpoles.

Thanks for stopping by. And please go visit Carolyn, the originator of Garden Muse Day, at her lovely garden blog found here:

http://sweethomeandgardenchicago.blogspot.com/

Maybe you'll join in sometime!

David/ :-)

POEM ABOUT RAIN AFTER A DROUGHT

RAIN AFTER DROUGHT
by Dora Sigerson Shorter
Irish poet ( 1866-1918)
All night the small feet of the rain
Within the garden ran,
And gentle fingers tapped the pane
Until the dawn began.
The rill-like voices called and sung
The slanting roof beside;
'The children of the clouds have come;
Awake! awake!' they cried.
'Weep no more the drooping rose
Nor mourn the thirsting tree,
The little children of the storm
Have gained their liberty.'
All night the small feet of the rain
About my garden ran,
Their rill-like voices called and cried
Until the dawn began.

It already looks like this in our area parks...and it's the START of summer. Our last good rain was in January.

After good summer rains here along the Texas Coastal Plains

Visit the Original Garden Poet, Carol, at http://sweethomeandgardenchicago.blogspot.com/ for more verses.

And may we all get rain down here in the South very soon.

David/ Tropical Texana

EPIPHYTE DAY ~ NEW GARDEN MEME by RAINFOREST GARDENER

Hey all, Happy New Year! Steve is cranking out a new garden meme for Epiphytes and I'm excited! But, alas, I'm in a quandary. You see:
I've started joining in at Carolyn's Blog on the first of the month with Garden Muse Day ~ A Poem,  A Verse, no matter how Terse, as long it's about some Garden decor, your Poetic entry will sure to Score.

So what shall I do?

For now, I'll do both,
 at the very same time
 with this Epiphytically* Driven
   Garden Rhyme. 

Epiphyte Poem  by David
It's such a delight,
to grow Epiphytes
All perched in the trees,
with their dappled light.

There are thousands for sure,
And it's hard to be candid,
But my favorite for now
 is Neo Red Banded!

To see all the Epiphytes, visit Steve at http://www.therainforestgarden.com/

And to join in on Garden Muse Day, visit Carolyn at http://sweethomeandgardenchicago.blogspot.com/

*No such word exists...I made it up

GARDEN BLOGGERS MUSE DAY ~MY ORiGiNaL HAIKU & PHOTO

         
    ***AUTUMN HAIKU***  5-7-5

           
Acorns unguarded
     Pine needles at journey's end
               Stones, smooth and timeless

Visit Carolyn, the host of Garden Blogger's Muse Day, at her fabulous garden blog.
       http://sweethomeandgardenchicago.blogspot.com/