COLD MOUNTAIN RECALLS
THE YOUNG WOMAN DAZZLING
YOUNG MEN WITH HER LUTE PLAYING
Bringing long memory
photographing spring buds
on the rescued Douglas Fir
in the Bonsai pot
stepped on by an elk
before I was born
at the end of the great war
I remember walking the garden
as a boy with Mr. Reinarder
who gave me my first
lawn mowing job.
He wouldn't pay me
until he had shown me
his azaleas blooming
in their acidic soil.
Then he walked me
to the compost piles.
Jim Bodeen
3 May 2019
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