Anne Emerson-Photographer,
Poet, and Essayist
Photo Projects
The Gardener
“Does the gardener need some help?”
She has planted six tubs
with burgundy petunias, carmine fuschias;
golds, whites, and blues.
She has moved October’s pansies –
still living, can't toss –
and shade’s extra impatiens
to planters out back
under new-leaved trees.
Soft soil - gentle to hands;
plants in pots - pretty palettes;
but bending back - less sweet.
“Does the gardener need some help?"
“Yes, thank you – water and tidying -
I have to ease my aching back.”
He trashes empty flats, small plastic pots;
composts weeds; unwinds a hose; sweeps;
sprays a deer-proof scent on plants
that have had a nibblers' haircut.
She muddies in her multi-colors,
sits on stoop, and feels a joy in work and rainbows.
Dragonflies flit by; a ruby-throat hovers
at Fothergilla catkins - so
a scarlet nectar-holder joins the flower-party.
Now, the yard is dressed.
​
Anne Emerson, May 2017;
revised 2023
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