Garden Poem
for Magdalena Ball
…today the purple
and the scarlet bells
ring in
Irina Frolova, ‘Lightly’
Caught up in tangerine
colour like persimmon
soft and crumpled
ornamental pomegranate
a false promise on these petals
all forgiven.
This fiery red
too delightful to mind
your step
soft soil after rain
slip and sink into this
sweaty spring.
All the notes in green
turn and curl
hang fresh, new
shadow dance
under the canopy
spiders sling afternoon silk.
Train your eye
slalom through sunset webs
Learn quickly.
