(photo: botanical garden, Nelson, summer 2023)
of plenty
and dense light
fruit weighs
on the branches
summer is flowing
in the sunday gardens
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simple news (4)
The Botanical Garden has gone back to the ducks, ever since the flooding of the past few days, when 300mm of rain (in four days, instead of the usual 80mm) caused landslides, road closures, extensive damage to an important number of houses, as well as the evacuation of many residents. The only ones not complaining about the situation seem to be the ducks, who are taking full advantage of their garden.
clouds (6)
on Sundays I would close my eyes
I would looking at
the clouds in the blue sky
I would learning the coldness of the water
and of the wet sand
that stuck under my feet
I would discover things
which had always been there
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each moment, each wound, inscribed in each line, each curve, then the colors that speak of the mood of the day, of the passing of time.
roots
you would hear them outside
but inside also
even with your hands over your ears.
Trying to sleep, but
you heard them moan
you heard them suffer
they were going to die
the trees without their roots