Poetry Corner: In the Garden

Redbud (Photo – Peggy Castro).

POETRY CORNER

– 3/2/16

Peggy Castro

redbud
would that my
desire bloomed
as brilliantly
as you do

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White Iris (Photo – Peggy Castro).

white iris
melt the
chill chambers
of my heart with
your inner fire

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Narcissis (Photo – Peggy Castro).

Narcissis
let me be
the pool
to which
you surrender

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Iris (Photo – Peggy Castro).

Iris
my only salvation
is to lose myself
deep in
your depths

Peggy Castro lives in Alhambra, but finds her true home in our local gardens. She says “I go to the gardens to renew myself, to cleanse myself of city complications, and to find myself in the flowers and trees. It is a time of rebirth.” With her camera she captures what she can of the fleeting, ephemeral moments in the garden of her inspiration.

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> The poems here are tanka, “little songs” of love to these flowers. Each five line poem is a strong moment of feeling, unique and powerful in itself. Each is a moment in the garden.

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