Peonies have broken ground: skinny red claws reaching for the light. The whining clucks of a hen turkey separated from the flock.
The view from my front porch every morning, in 140 or fewer characters
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Sitting in the garden while the porch...
Sitting in the garden while the porch’s new coat of paint dries, I notice the peony leaves too have turned red. A waxwing’s glossy calls.
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Peonies are to death what roses are...
Peonies are to death what roses are to love. After this afternoon’s predicted storms I’m sure they’ll all be bowed, poor thornless things.
Also tagged Memorial Day
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The first four peonies burst their...
The first four peonies burst their buds in the night and open to a sky of hazy pink. From under the house, a cat’s hollow cough.
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Every day is the earth’s birthday...
Every day is the earth’s birthday. The largest peony plant, though still uncurling, already sports ten small planets midwived by ants.
Also tagged ants, Earth Day, plane
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A mosquito lands her drilling rig on...
A mosquito lands her drilling rig on my wrist. Warblers whisper in the treetops. The first peony, beaded with rain, bowing to the blue sky.
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Fog. The ants who tend the peony buds...
Fog. The ants who tend the peony buds have been replaced by drops of water—all but one, who moves slow as an astronaut on a strange planet.
A hummingbird lands on the upturned...
A hummingbird lands on the upturned tip of a dead elm branch; the branch doesn’t move a hair. The first open peony lies on its side.
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Clouds like scales on the belly of...
Clouds like scales on the belly of a blue fish. In the garden, ants immobilized by the cold cling to the sweet pink seams of peony buds.
