Sunday, January 6, 2013

the constant gardener, a poem by Mike Marcellino


 
 Photo courtesy of Hortus 2 Wordpress blog

the constant gardener
by Mike Marcellino

the constant gardener
rake and hoe
rake and hoe
sowing words
planting plantations
of pink Kalanchoes
leaves of miracles
er
yellow-orange
tropical Lantana
sown on the chest
of a Spanish general
in the tropics
of the Americas.

Fingers finding their way
into black and sandy-brown
earth
the soil that made us;
forget your nails.

Rake and hoe
rake and hoe
sowing words
planting plantations
ideas
roots
giving birth

Beginnings
never ending
hope.


Lantana - Gold  (Disambiguation)


the constant gardener copyright Mike Marcellino 2013

Photo courtesy of Clark's Nursery, Naples, Florida