Mary's Magic Garden

 

 

 

Mary in her Garden

Step into Mary's magic garden-
it has everything!
In July, new-blooming red lilies, scented queens.
Perennial roses.
Tall jewelweed, to protect us!
Butterfly bush, tall mullein for your breathing,
a million fig trees!
Lush ferns, nasturtiums for salad,
and in the back, the tallest sunflowers
turn to honor the goddess Saule throughout the day.
You are blessed by Mary's garden,
we are all blessed...
for each week she gathers a bouquet of astonishment,
this and that, flowers and ferns,
fronds and fruits,
for all of us to honor each other
and the thank the Goddess for this bountiful, beautiful life.
There is a mirror in the birdbath!
For you,
for you and for me.

Annelinde Metzner
Black Mountain, NC
July 21, 2025 

Fig trees

Never Gone

 

 

 

Star Magnolia

 

"Did you think I was gone," She asked,
"just because the whirlwind tore through here?"
On the road to the quiet, quiet lake,
Star Magnolias line the way,
welcoming me like a queen coming home.
As I arrive, a choir of vireos and wood thrushes
rejoices, returned to nest,
here again, year after year.
Just enough breeze to pattern the water
in intricate ripple designs.
The clouds still, so still,
not a breeze,
and the sun playing Hide and Seek.
A catbird nearby tries out some new tunes.
"Have faith, woman," I hear Her chide.
"Don't forget, I've seen it all."
New-mown grass enlivens my senses,
the silence like a balm.
She was never gone.

Annelinde Metzner

May 8, 2025

 

Lake Julian on the Parkway

Rhododendron

Lake Julian ripples on the water