Transitions
Sometimes, God brings times of transition to create transformation. — Lynn Cowell
I feast on what nourishes:
poetry, flowering garden,
morning walks along spindrift-fringed,
cypress-umbrellaed ocean bluff trails.
Fading hyacinth and daffodils
relinquish backyard stage
to fragrant orange and yellow floribunda roses,
nasturtiums, bronze bearded iris.
Hummingbirds draw sweet nectar
from tubular white foxgloves.
Hot lips salvia embellish mulched walkway,
seduce honeybees, overwhelm silver sage.
Lilies fade as summer approaches.
I find comfort in evidence of resurrection.
A higher power calls forth wisteria clusters,
perky explosions of hot pink azaleas.
Jennifer Lagier lives a block from the stage where Bob Dylan and Joan Baez performed at the Monterey Folk Festival in 1963 and Jimi Hendrix torched his guitar in 1967. She served as Area Coordinator and an instructor with California Poets in the Schools, taught at Modesto Junior College, California State University, Monterey Bay, Hartnell College and Monterey Peninsula College. Jennifer has published twenty-four books and has work appearing in a variety of anthologies and literary magazines. A former editor for the Homestead Review, she now edits the Monterey Poetry Review and helps publicize Monterey Bay Poetry Consortium readings. Website: jlagier.net, Facebook: www.facebook.com/JenniferLagier/
Sometimes, God brings times of transition to create transformation. — Lynn Cowell
I feast on what nourishes:
poetry, flowering garden,
morning walks along spindrift-fringed,
cypress-umbrellaed ocean bluff trails.
Fading hyacinth and daffodils
relinquish backyard stage
to fragrant orange and yellow floribunda roses,
nasturtiums, bronze bearded iris.
Hummingbirds draw sweet nectar
from tubular white foxgloves.
Hot lips salvia embellish mulched walkway,
seduce honeybees, overwhelm silver sage.
Lilies fade as summer approaches.
I find comfort in evidence of resurrection.
A higher power calls forth wisteria clusters,
perky explosions of hot pink azaleas.
Jennifer Lagier lives a block from the stage where Bob Dylan and Joan Baez performed at the Monterey Folk Festival in 1963 and Jimi Hendrix torched his guitar in 1967. She served as Area Coordinator and an instructor with California Poets in the Schools, taught at Modesto Junior College, California State University, Monterey Bay, Hartnell College and Monterey Peninsula College. Jennifer has published twenty-four books and has work appearing in a variety of anthologies and literary magazines. A former editor for the Homestead Review, she now edits the Monterey Poetry Review and helps publicize Monterey Bay Poetry Consortium readings. Website: jlagier.net, Facebook: www.facebook.com/JenniferLagier/
