Tuesday, September 18, 2018

Hemlock


Hemlock

along the surf
a house sits dry as tinder
the garden
old as the Victorians

and within
the hemlock hedge
on summer nights
the light of the fireflies
grace
a garnet of gray
stone faces
gazing up
at the moon

they wake
from their slumber
by the sea

and it frightens
me



(c) 2018 Jan Darrow
photo: pixabay





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2 comments:

  1. Pjh8RNSeptember 20, 2018 at 8:43 AM

    Conium maculatum - Honiton Lace, Badmans Oatmeal, Hare Parsley - It grows around here...

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    1. Jan DarrowNovember 26, 2018 at 4:15 PM

      I’m sorry I didn’t see your reply until today! Sounds like you have the real stuff. I don’t know hemlock (really) or if it grows nearby. We do have poison oak though. I used to know a lot of wildflowers...... Queen Anne’s lace, Trillium, Wild Mustard.....back when I could wander through the forests. How I miss those forests!

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