I have a big backyard
that I share with God’s finer creations.
Objects of rare and ardent beauty
lent to me to tend and till.
Oh so good to grab the earth
and pack the earthworm’s mud,
to be His gardens keeper.
So I say, all cheer the fancy daffodils,
regard the much maligned dandelion
and beware the fetching rose in His name.
Yes. . . Yes, I praise and offer thanks for
His art and crafts weaving rainbows
in seasonal displays of bud and bloom
in my rich backyard.
Where the squirrels chatter
and the beetles bury,
the mantis prays
and the crow caws
just a little joy.


jeanne rené 2/04

I love my garden!!!!!!!!