Wake Up, Back Yard!

March 21, 2023.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Brave seedlings from last year’s sunflowers arise / Among the tiny wings of zinnia buds / And the pushy skunk cabbages who hang around / Like playground bullies who ought to go find jobs

A Rising Seedling Roars

June 11, 2022.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Crumple clenched fist leaf flings up
From damp earth’s deep urn and dark
On furied stipple stems fluorescent green
Vitality gleaned from seed pod potential

The Song of the Rotor-Tiller

May 17, 2022.Reading time 5 minutes.

Today we harvest broken bits of glass
Fragments of old toys, bit of aluminum
A Sylvania flash cube still intact
From a picture taken decades ago

A Rainbow in The Garden

May 5, 2022.Reading time 1 minute.

There’s a rainbow blooming in the garden
An array of colors adorning the sides of the path
As petals unfurl and release their sweet perfume
While melodies are swapped at the bird bath

Spring, Spring, Spring

April 2, 2022.Reading time 1 minute.

Spring, it won’t be long before the hills are covered in green
Spring, I want to roll in all the scents that flowers bring

Submissions Information Spring 2022: Virtues – Temperance

February 5, 2022.Reading time 1 minute.

The theme for the Spring 2022 issue is Temperance. In addition to temperance, we will be looking at charity, meekness and forgiveness. We want to know how you see these in your own life and the lives of those around you!

An Unskilled Rotor-Tiller Tiller of the Soil

April 19, 2021.Reading time 2 minutes.

The morning was fresh and cool and damp and still
I wheeled the tiller into the garden patch
Fresh gasoline, then primed the little bulb
And turned the red plastic lever just so

Colorful Carrots

April 10, 2021.Reading time 1 minute.

Springtime is here!
So full of color and cheer!
The flowers reveal their pretty heads
Green is coming instead of brown and red

Submissions Information Spring 2021: Acts of Charity- Spiritual Works of Mercy

February 9, 2021.Reading time 1 minute.

The theme for the Spring 2021 issue is Spiritual Works of Mercy. These are: instruct the ignorant, counsel the doubtful, admonish the sinner, bear wrongs patiently, forgive offenses, comfort the afflicted, and pray for the living and the dead. We want to know – what do these ideas mean to you personally? How do you see them in your church, in your life and in the lives of others?

Draggin’ Hoses on St. George’s Day

May 9, 2020.Reading time 1 minute.

Drag those hoses when the weather is dry
April’s grass is paling, and oak leaves wither
All the new plantings cry for a drink of water
And the rains of winter have now retired…

Submissions Information for the Spring 2020 Issue

February 8, 2020.Reading time 1 minute.

The theme of the Spring 2020 is The Church and the Means of Grace. Examples include Communion, Baptism, Marriage, Prayer, Scripture, Reading, etc.