A Babylonian king built them for his Persian wife
who missed her green homeland out there
in the Babylonian desert.
She must have been beautiful like the lady in the Taj Mahal
The gardens full of aromatic plants and fragrant trees
Jasmine, osmanthus, lavender
Outdoor rooms, lovely, queenly and grand.
Some think the hanging gardens are a myth
that's like saying love doesn't exist; In every pot plant
on every window sill, in every hanging basket
the gardens of Babylon are here still.
A further collection of poems, many from years in the Middle East, but also the California San Francisco and Central Coast areas (Santa Cruz, Carmel, Big Sur, Berkeley, etc.).
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