Jasmine

Plant Perfume sends up sexy scent into a sultry summer night   Jasmine delight!   Makes the snail pop out of its shell to gaze at moon’s newborn bottom   Like candy cotton!   Sticky-lipped flowers practice French-kissing while awaiting morning’s...

Merlin

A falcon swoops and lands in my garden its sharp talons struggle to gain purchase on the black plastic water tank. It looks momentarily confused, perhaps a song sparrow escaped with all its feathers.   I witness the merlin’s endearing vulnerability as he perches...

Goddess Of Orange

She infuses atmosphere in a heady-scented crepe dress. Her bosom an expanse of cream-white tender blossoms spilling onto damp clay earth petals too delicate to sink stay on the hard surface of things perfuming the homes of ants, the breath of gophers.   Birds...