2 x 4, in process (7)

 

for Linda Russo

 

1.

Dirt beneath

my fingernails

is earth

my heaven

 

2. 

Squeezed basil

fresh picked

green breath

green hum

 

3.

three varieties

of lavender

fingers full 

of scent

 

4. 

cat slinks

in shade

one leap

from feeder

 

5. 

creeping shadows

crape myrtle

sway of

black oak

 

6. 

Dear MLA

when will

gardening count

for tenure?

 

7. 

Profs, here's

my scholarship

for today:

watering, weeding

 

8.

Bees bouncing

red rose

pink rose

roses rising

 

9.

soiled hands

open notebook

brown smudges

on white

 

10.

I ache

lifting up

the earth

lifting me 

 

11. 

the weeding

never ends

but the

harvest does

 

12.

soil's not

the same

but I'm

still sane