With leaves like hearts, Why are you not hardy?Your edges are serrated, but you just aren't cutOut for life in a busy place.Are you confused? You bloom upside down,Inside out. You faint like a Victorian ladyWanting attention—smelling salts.A sip of cool water revives you,Too much water and your leaves Turn jaundice yellow and fold up. You whine too much.Maybe... Continue Reading →

On the livingroom table, glassCanning jars spoutedLavender and yellow wildflowersFrom the south pasture.She noticed the purple patch fromHer porch door whereThey had called for her to come Outside and walk—watchHawks wheel in the summer sky.

The flowerbed by the front walkDoesn't need to speak or talkWaving flowers like flags or pennantsIt greets us in the foremost minutes"Say, I'm glad you're here today. Come on in. We hope you'll stay  For tea."