In the midst of winter cold, I received the link to a poetry prompt that made my day! Nature’s wonder, Lavender, is the theme of today’s prompt at Imaginary Garden with Real Toads website. Hannah Gosselin has provided some visual and sound inspirations.
Thought I would share a poem that I wrote about lavender some time ago at Poetic Bloomings. It fits with the theme for today.
INVITATION!
the screen door slams
as I step out onto the front porch
lavender lingers in the air tonight
fills my lungs with precious pause
spritely sprigs of white and pink and mauve
replenished with today’s June showers
emit their secret scent to the night air
smile as they line the flagstone walkway and
border the garden
filled with white daisies and pink roses
that renew my spirit each year
on every summer’s day
now, after midnight
the moon hides from me
in a black cloud-filled sky
but I am reassured
as I breathe in the sweet mist of lavender
that lingers in the air tonight
© Patricia A. McGoldrick
