A video of prose and imagery
Late Winter Garden
by Debbie Teashon
Too Long Winter
A list of plants in the video
In order of appearance:
- Japanese maple leaf buds
- Sarcococca confusa
- Helleborus x ballardiae 'HGC Pink Frost'
- Crocus vernus
- Viburnum bodnantense 'Charles Lamont'
- Helleborus x ballardiae 'HGC Pink Frost'
- Helleborus x ericsmithii 'Coseh860'
- Tulip bud
- Helleborus x hybridus
- Narcissus 'Spellbinder'
Too long late winter, too long
I need signs of imminent retreat
a fragrance
and a sound
remind me
that spring is not an apparition
a foggy memory, or endless rain
let me hear the sound
of a late winter tease
be still dear rain
bring me a subtle promise
and hues beyond ashen winter gray
cease the drops
my endless rain
and wake me
with a song of spring.
Video and photography by author.
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