In a Garden Collage

 IN A GARDEN by Sara Teasdale ( 1884-1933) (excerpts)
One of my favourite poets of the 20th century.....She paints with words, writes of beautiful things, and  shapes phrases into images that feel and sound natural to the ear.

Quiet 

Snooze

 Roses droop

 fresh with bloom.

Lavender at their zenith

 Into the garden peace 

 Buzz go the bees

 And the Hummers are back

 Red red roses

 My favourite paper roses droop and bend

 And Spencer still sleeps...

" Life has loveliness to sell, all beautiful and splendid things, blue waves whitened on a cliff, soaring fire that sways and sings, and children's faces looking up, holding wonder like a cup." - Sara Teasdale

 Sara Teasdale was a Pulitzer Prize Winning author. She battled ill health most of her life, was a recognized writer of her time. Her lyric poetry is some of the effortless and most beautiful. When she was 48, sick and  tired of trying to find the beauty in this world, she took her own life. I highly recommend all of her poetry collections: Especially "The Collected Poems of Sara Teasdale, Intro by Marya Zaturemska",

 Photographs 2018