inthegarden

In the Garden, Morning

The earth receives her patient hand

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gardenshed

Her Study of the Living

She has come to know their proper names—

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wouldnottakeroot

A Bed Where It Would Not Take Root

She chose the place with measured care

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onetookhold

Where One Took Hold

She set it in the selfsame ground

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whatthegardenteaches

What the Garden Teaches

she thought to place, to tend, to guide— to shape the earth to her design.

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theturningoftheseason

The Turning of the Garden

In autumn, slower work remains: the cutting back, the gathering in

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abriefstillness

A Brief Stillness

It comes without her calling it—

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sheleavesthegardenasitis

She Leaves the Garden As It Is

The garden stays. The path goes on.

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