Spellbound
Fallow garden marvel--
one voluntary stalk
lush and leafy green
against latticework fence.
Mexican sunflower,
tangerine daisy,
sunlit prism, orange torch,
radiates, Look at me!
Clippers in hand
I reach to snip
for table decoration
to capture the fire opal.
Then black-veined Monarch
hidden among the leaves,
hovers and settles and treats
herself to the sun-centered nectar.
Sylvan Concerto
Ginkgo leaves shimmy
like an exotic dancer
bouncing in the wind,
tossed to and fro
by an internal rhythm.
They entice me,
beckon me to float across barriers,
invite worlds and words
to undulate.
I cannot ignore their bidding
so I close my eyes,
push the porch swing higher
and leave the jay
to strut on the banister.
When my eyes open,
I see lemon-gold trees sway
in choreographed flutters
against a turquoise sky.
Peggy Heitmann has published poems and forthcoming in Remington Review, The Impostor, Deep Overstock, and Amethyst Review among others. She considers herself both word & visual artist. Peggy lives in Raleigh, NC area with her husband and two cats.
Fallow garden marvel--
one voluntary stalk
lush and leafy green
against latticework fence.
Mexican sunflower,
tangerine daisy,
sunlit prism, orange torch,
radiates, Look at me!
Clippers in hand
I reach to snip
for table decoration
to capture the fire opal.
Then black-veined Monarch
hidden among the leaves,
hovers and settles and treats
herself to the sun-centered nectar.
Sylvan Concerto
Ginkgo leaves shimmy
like an exotic dancer
bouncing in the wind,
tossed to and fro
by an internal rhythm.
They entice me,
beckon me to float across barriers,
invite worlds and words
to undulate.
I cannot ignore their bidding
so I close my eyes,
push the porch swing higher
and leave the jay
to strut on the banister.
When my eyes open,
I see lemon-gold trees sway
in choreographed flutters
against a turquoise sky.
Peggy Heitmann has published poems and forthcoming in Remington Review, The Impostor, Deep Overstock, and Amethyst Review among others. She considers herself both word & visual artist. Peggy lives in Raleigh, NC area with her husband and two cats.
