In Anticipation

we've prepared the garden 

dug up weeded transplanted pruned

filled yard waste wheely bins

started fountains flowing

waiting for the trial

first crops are coming in 

green sorrel leaves for salmon sauces

stalks for rhubarb pies

peas germinated in one raised bed

did less well in another

shaded from low morning sun

we must hurry now

like birds and bees

the sun's ascending

there's no time now

no more delay

no more waiting for the trial

crops must go in

gardens must be tended 

then work from nine to five

each day of the trial

our garden will grow

we'll discern what's true 

discard what lies

soon we'll harvest hope.

Dick Russell (C) copyright 2024

             Richard M Russell