My Garden

This week Magaly invites us to find inspiration in one (or all) of the following quotes, by Margaret Atwood, May Sarton, and Rudyard Kipling, respectively: 

1. “Gardening is not a rational act.

2. “A garden is always a series of losses set against a few triumphs, like life itself.”

3. “Gardens are not made by singing ‘Oh, how beautiful,’ and sitting in the shade.”

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As usual my monkey mind jumps from one quote to the other. Undecided, I present a few haiku leaving it to the readers to discern which quote they suit best.

lilies

the gardener says

it's the end of season 

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summer storm

at the end of the day

just a leaf

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yellowing leaf

how silently can we 

say goodbye

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roots

have I lost the

trail somewhere?

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rain droplets

on the jade... perhaps 

an afterthought 

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the falling 

of a dead leaf

even the breeze 

does not lend it

a cadence

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deepening dusk

the red hibiscus 

still so red 

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The Symbol

This week on Poets And Storytellers United, Rosemary wants us to write a poem inspired by one of the given images. I chose this one :

In our pantheon of Gods and Goddesses 

The owl is the vahana* of Lakshmiji

The Goddess of wealth and prosperity 

The owl with its ability to see clearly 

In the dark symbolises clarity of vision

In the face of abject misery and adversities 

It also teaches us to be wise materially

As well as spiritually so that we responsibly

Expend wealth endowed by Lakshmiji

Legend has it that in hearing of the Goddess's

Arrival every bird and beast wanted to be

Her carrier on this earth but it is the owl

By keeping awake at night was the first to Land at her feet to carry her on its back

(*Vahana means Carrier)

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