Garden

GARDEN Two haiku after a painting by Russell Gordon flowering dogwood perched and pert, a tanager harkens to the wind flowering dogwood perched and pert, just listening scarlet tanager ……………………………….. this plaster statue she’s naked, white and demure looking at a rose her round, yellow hat casts a shadow as she picks transformation bloom all is wet and wild garden cowed by wind and rain tortoise pokes its head Repost summer’s backward glance reluctant to say adieu one lonely white rose Dave Austin