Art is Life is Art: Summer Garden
“My Garden is my favorite teacher.”
~Betsy Cañas Garmon
I was looking through quote sites to find a quote to go along with this poem I wrote a couple of weeks ago and I found my own quote. Sometimes we need to hear our own voice reminding us of what we already know. Tending to the garden is tending to my soul. I’ve been focused on creating books, but I always return to my little bit of earth for lessons and breath.
Summer Garden
Thursday 10 July
Time disappears into droning bees gorging on phlox
A red shouldered hawk kee-aahs claiming territory on a current in the cloudless blue sky
One dry sunflower leaf crunches against its towering stalk
And always the cardinals chirp and the mockingbirds fuss
The hose gurgles in my hand as I pray resurrection prayers over a droopy basil plant
and water my soul with the sounds of summer
Be in your life,
Betsy