The Garden

[Springrain]

You who walk,
Maybe with troubled thoughts,
Come, enter here and rest;
And may the sweet serenity of growing things,
And the heavenly,peace
Be mirrored in they soul.

Pass through the gate and
enter into your own secret garden.
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GARDEN MAGIC​

This is the garden's magic,
That through the sunny hours
The gardener who tends it, Himself outgrows his flowers.

He grows by gift of patience,
Since he who sows must know
That only in the Lord's good time
Does any seedling grow.

He learns from buds unfolding,
From each tight leaf unfurled,
That his own heart, expanding,
Is one with all the world.

He bares his head to sunshine,
His bending back a sign
Of grace, and ev'ry shower becomes
His sacramental wine.

And when at last his labors
Bring forth the very stuff
And substance of all beauty
This is reward enough.​

-MARIE NETTLETON CARROLL​

 

[leytonstones]

Beautiful. A lovely post. Thank you.


Blessings


Leytonstones.

 

[nanajojothatsme]

aw spring that is wonderful I love the peace and quiet of a spring day and summer where I can go out and listen to nothing but the Lord and all His creation ,like the birds and wind such peace there. God bless you.
I find myself taken away from this world with the peace and the love of the Lord.
then soon I hear Nana we come to visit and I say did you just go home !!! LOL
I LOVE MY FAMILY

 

[NorwayUnn]

His love:

 

[Springrain]

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Prayer in a Garden

Today the world seemed cruel, but evening hours
Were filled with perfume from forgotten flowers.
I saw again familiar filigree
Of moonlight through my lacy Lilac tree;
I heard the robins stirring in their nest;
And saw the path that fairy feet had pressed;
Reflected stars were in my garden pool;
On my warm face the breeze was kind and cool.
The silence seemed to speak, my head was bowed,
Then ramblers that had grown into a cloud
Lifted my eyes that, tear-washed, now could see
The beauty that today was lost to me.
Dear god, who is so near to flowers, and birds,
Be nearer still, as I shall search for words
To thank Thee for the blessings night revealed,
Which through the day discouragement concealed.​

-EvA SPARKs TAYLOR

 

[Springrain]

Will to Live

I think of all things that show a zest
For life, the dandelion beats the rest.
The little winged seeds from its white fluff ball
Settle and grow with no urging at all.
Settle in most unlikely places
And soon there's a crop of dandelion faces.

They are man's worst pest, but a child's playthings.
Sometimes I wish I had light down wings
Like a dandelion seed, and could settle at will
On a velvety lawn or a sun-spread hill,
And live with the eagerness and zest
Of the wanton little dandelion pest.​

-MARY TRIPLETT

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[nanajojothatsme]

Springtime
Oh, spring came to my garden
And caught it unaware
Wearing just a few old leaves
And a dejected air.

But when spring left my garden,
Its work so deftly done,
Many, many Daffodils
Were dancing in the sun.
-Velma D. BATES.

this is such a pleasant thread thanks

 

[mommysue]

Wow! What a wonderful place to come and rest. I don't have the ability to write verses, but I have grown to love them. I didn't used to care for poetry, but now see the 'magic' in it when done correctly! Thanks!

 

[sk8Joyful]

 

[bcauser]

A weed is a plant that has mastered every survival skill
except for learning how to grow in rows



What did the carrot say to the wheat?
Lettuce rest, I'm feeling beet.
- Shel Silverstein



God made rainy days, so gardeners could get the housework done.

Just a few funnies about gardens
Bless
B

 

[bcauser]

what's in my garden:

 

[Springrain]

TULIPS​

 

[Springrain]

 

[Springrain]

Trees are joy inspiring
In those first sweet days of May
Stretching forth their lacy tendrils
To entice the lark to stay.
Trees are gracious, charming
When glossed with summer sheen
They catch the vagrant breezes
And spread their shady green. .
And somehow in the Autumn
When the magic touch of time
Has clad these trees in russet-gold
We sense a hand divine.
Yet Trees in winter fascinate
When their gaunt, nude forms arise
And trace in grotesque patterns,
Silhouettes against the skies.​

 

[Springrain]

Crocus

 

[bcauser]

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[sk8Joyful]

Hi Springrain
I started (Jan1, this year) a thread here, entitled "the Rose..." , in
which dear Unni also contributed this exact picture NorwayUnn http://upload.wikimedia.org/wi... 3rd January 2007, 09:49 AM.

How truely Beautiful

The difference between my thread, and yours is your Wonderful-poetry.
Thanks for sharing your Poetic talents...

When we homeschooled, I used to encourage my daughter - and all her friends to also write poetry,
and her 1st-book, was awarded First-place at the WA-state Fair.

Keep your Flowers, & Poems, coming... Annie

 

[nanajojothatsme]

 

[bcauser]

 

[Springrain]

Springtime
Oh, spring came to my garden
And caught it unaware
Wearing just a few old leaves
And a dejected air.

But when spring left my garden,
Its work so deftly done,
Many, many Daffodils
Were dancing in the sun.​

-Velma D. BATES
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