Posted in Uncategorized, tagged dignity, garden, persistence, snapdragon on June 1, 2020| 2 Comments »
After the frost, the snapdragons remain standing.
They didn’t change colors the way the basil did.
Didn’t shrivel and flag like the beans.
They met the cold affront with beauty,
and a week later, they still stand, erect,
blossoms only slightly faded.
What an astonishing way
to meet an almost invincible force.
Even now, at the base of the lifeless stems,
tiny green leaves appear from the roots.
They insist, This isn’t over yet.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged beauty, poem, poetry, snapdragon, usefulness on September 16, 2017| Leave a Comment »
All morning, I make myself useful—
mow the lawn and vacuum
the carpet and scrub the potatoes
and slice the melon and straighten
the shelves and look out the window
and see the snapdragons I planted
last spring not because they were useful,
but because they are so beautiful.