Photo: Victoria Slotto
We work in the yard
morning to eve. Savoring,
touching, smelling spring.
Earth, moist and ready
welcomes her lover’s caress,
encloses his seed.
Photo: Victoria Slotto
Vegetable seedlings,
started inside months ago,
finally at home.
Photo: Victoria Slotto
Colorful roses,
flagrantly fragrant perfume,
tantalizes, tempts.
The Holiday’s past,
thoughts of young lives lost in war—
memories linger.
Resting on the deck,
we enjoy a gentle breeze
and one another.
May this explain why I’m so late at showing up at the pub with my “photo-haiku montage” for Open Link Night, hosted by Mary. There’s still time. Stop by, read and add a poem of your own!
Victoria C. Slotto, Author 
Words as beautiful as your garden Victoria.
Anna :o]
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Beautiful pics Victoria! How wonderful it is to be friends with Mother earth. It’s a luxury a privilege in fact. Obviously it complements your golfing enthusiasm! Great take!
Hank
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A great series of both photos and haiku, Victoria. The closing lines work wonderfully well.
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Thank you for taking us in a walk of your garden… I really enjoy walking beside you as you showed it…
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The haiku are very pretty, & the photos marry well with them. I Love how you’ve paid homage to the Fallen, in this series about rebirth. Nicely done. – OneVoicePoetry, per Vivienne (1 of the 6)
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The haiku are very pretty, & marry well with the photos. I like how you paid homage to the fallen, within this series about rebirth. Nicely done. – OneVoicePoetry, per Vivienne. (one of the six)
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[…] wrote the poem I posted for Saturday’s dVerse Open Link Night after a day in the garden, accompanied by perfect […]
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A lovely bouquet of haiku and flowers. Thank you for giving it to us when you must be aching for a bit of a feet-up.
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I enjoyed your “garden of verses”.
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I would be late as well, Victioria. This is lovely writing accompanied with the pics.
Pamela ox
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Sweet. Beautiful set of haiku and photographs. 🙂
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Great job! Both at the garden and with the photo-haiku. 🙂
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What a beautiful series, Victoria. Loved the haiku and the photos. All the young lost in war have been in my mind a lot lately. When we enjoy holidays we always need to keep them in mind. Glad you made it to Open Link, Victoria. I always enjoy your work.
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i like the nod to those who served in the war – and how beautiful it is after a long day in the garden to sit down in the breeze and just enjoy the moment and the done work..
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Such a lovely garden ~ I can appreciate that a lot of hard work went into it ~
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smiles..i am glad that after all the work in the garden that you were able to enjoy one another as well….smiles…sounds like you’ve had a nice weekend…
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The pictures were as much a part of the poetry as the words. Lovely!
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Ah! Gardening… there’s nothing quite as soothing 🙂
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Sounds like you’ve been busy in best of ways! And lovely poems too. k.
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Beautiful flowers and words, Victoria…enjoyed my walk thru your garden 🙂
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What a beautiful day and evening you had! Yay!
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Glad you made it. Enjoyed your photography and poetry
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