Dream of the Kitchen Herb Garden

[Sarah Howard Lapine]

I love this. It reminds me of the Japanese technique of applying gold in the cracks of pottery - kintsugi. What if we repaired the cracks and flaws in our home by planting herbs in that space?! Seems kind of beautiful.

[Jonathan Potter]

Nice analogy, thank you Sarah

[Ann Collins]

"My wife had planted an herb garden

in the cracks between the tiles

of the kitchen floor."

This says so much about how you see her ability to create beauty in a difficult circumstance. Just lovely.

[Jonathan Potter]

Thank you, Ann

[Ronald Drimmel]

Still one of my favorites. Don't ask me why.

[Jonathan Potter]

Thanks, Ron.

[Margaret Ann Silver]

This whole poem made me smile, starting with "a dog's breakfast of frantic clouds."

[Jonathan Potter]

Thanks, Margaret Ann, it made me smile, too, and your smile makes me smile again

[Carole Roseland]

Things may actually be growing from my kitchen floor—but not herbs, that’s for sure! Strange but fun dream!

[Stefano Carini]

Unfulfilled Dreams

The world—

Crowded

Of things

I lack.

The space—

Forever

Outside

My reach.

Except

Do I

Really

Need it?

Fulfilling a dream

Can turn into an enemy.

While nothing

Is ours,

Everything

Grows into wildflowers—

The heavens blooming

This secret garden

Inside of us.