Tag Archives: garden

Barefoot In The Sacred

Posted on February 13, 2021 by maskednative

Step outside the garden door, fill your eyes with morning light, your whole body with dawn fresh breath. Sink your bare feet into the green cushion  of dewy wet grass,  your toes tingling with surprise. In the heart of everything before … Continue reading →

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Bird

Posted on January 12, 2014 by maskednative

  While sitting in the gazebo in Gill’s garden, I saw a little bird  in the tree. But on closer inspection, it was simply a leaf. All is not what it appears to be, but one way or another, real or imagined, … Continue reading →

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The Hawthorn Hedge

Posted on May 3, 2013 by maskednative

Flower beds, climbing beans, cabbages, crisp and clean, the narrow ditch where nettles sting. Snail tracks glisten like silver threads on the pile of stones at the garden end. On hands and knees I hold my breath, gaze through the gap in … Continue reading →

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Pencil Sketch

Posted on January 31, 2013 by maskednative

I sit in the Garden of Remembrance, on a damp wooden bench. It is 10.30am. The church bell rings three times. I am here to talk to you, if you would come, one more time, just for today, to this cold, shaded side … Continue reading →

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