Those kinds of happiness.




Garden rêverie

Give me a garden surrounded

By lilac trees, where their scent

Wafts delicately through the air,

On a quiet sunny summer's day.

 

Give me little critters that visit

My garden, and gladden this

Pleasant rêverie.  With squirrels

Enjoying peanuts set out for them.

 

Give me the chimpmunks, too.

How beautifully colored creatures.

How mesmerizingly agile they are,

With a quickness so remarkable.

 

Give me the abundance of birds

With their colorful panache,

And the hearty songs they share.

What a sight of lightness and joy.

 

Give me the neighbor's sweet cat

Which comes over for a little stroll

And stroke.  And the baby raccoon

Which unexpectedly comes on your lap

 

When you're sitting reading a book,

Looking to acquire the peanuts

You're snacking on while on the deck.

Give me all of that; it'd be perfection.





Poetry by Anly Stede The PoetBay support member heart!
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Written on 2020-08-20 at 05:27

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Steven Riddle
I know that saying I love this is not particularly helpful in revision, but it is gentle and beautiful and exactly the kind of poem I really enjoy reading. As, in fact, all of the poems I have read from you have been. Thank you.
2021-06-25


shells
The happiness and serenity of your garden shine through.
2020-08-22


jim The PoetBay support member heart!
Absolutely lovely.
2020-08-20



Beautifully structured, with the gentle repetitions. I cherish the specificity, the "colourful panache" of the poem as a whole!

Thanks for posting!
2020-08-20


ken d williams The PoetBay support member heart!
Oh the joys that come just siting in garden
The enjoyment of naituer floral & crechers
Who pop adding to the joy we having
Ken D
2020-08-20