Tagged: dogwood
in mama’s backyard,
in mama’s backyard,
our twin dogwood trees compete
for her attention,
not unlike the way we all
light up when she turns our way
.
20220308:1948
y
the robin in our
the robin in our
yard is anti-social – having
marked our home as his
home, he defends our land all
day, atop his dogwood perch
.
20210623:0500
y
after all, we will
after all, we will
curl
like the dogwood
blossoms in
the backyard,
illuminated
.
20200213:0753
y
in the backyard, a
in the backyard, a
cardinal pauses on
the branches of
our dogwood –
are we sharing
it with him, or
is he sharing it
with us?
.
20150609:0850
y
twice you said
twice you said
you didn’t think i could
handle the weight –
as though we were
never locked
underneath the
dogwood trees,
outstretching the
time we were given
.
20130103:2154
y
home is looking
home is looking
through
these dogwood
branches of my
childhood
and seeing
something worth
holding on to
.
20120328:0819
y
y 