a garden golden-brown
where apples pull branches low
to paint grass with wasps
blackberries darken against vivid green
earth turns under my searching spade
worms slide deep against coming frost
pears hang against my hand
ripe soft with scents
that wait for taste
About Joanna M. Weston
Joanna M. Weston is married and has two cats, multiple spiders, a herd of deer, and two derelict hen-houses. Her middle reader, Frame and The McGuire, was published by
Tradewind Books; and her poetry book, A Summer Father, was published by Frontenac House of Calgary. Her eBooks are available at her blog: http://www.1960willowtree.wordpress.com/
