Subject: Karen Kelsay
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Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:49:21 -0700

Watercolors
in the Garden

Karen Kelsay

Today, while my
toes flatten

dandelions into
sticky

medallions, and
water splatters

rhythmically upon
clumps

of crabgrass, I
sketch

the garden's
canvas with my gaze.

Geraniums pose
like children

in a Bouguereau
painting,

leaning on
scalloped bricks. Palms

catch sprinkler
spray and vibrate

spider strands
beneath the window

ledge as clouds
roll like marbles

into a quiet
circle of sky;

all is framed in
ruddy summer--

but only the
scent of a wilted rose

will draw me
in.

Karen Kelsay lives in Orange, California.  Her poetry has been published in The Christian Science Monitor, Boston
Literary Magazine, Flutter, Tin Foil Dress, Ken Again, Skyline Magazine, Toronto
Quarterly, Rose and Thorn, and others.

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