63 thoughts on “A Gardener’s Sigh”

1. This is absolutely stunning, Laura! 😀 I so love the image; “A thin haze of earth obscures my gaze to roots/Divining water.” It does feel that way and even though we cannot see past the haze.. our gardening heart swells with pride anyway 💝💝

   1. many thanks ~Sanaa – I wait with bated breath!

2. Each seed is truly a wonder… I especially marvel at the flowering tobacco… with seeds so minute giving those large sweet flowers.

   1. so true

3. I especially love the last two lines. I can hear that sigh. Beautiful, Laura!

   1. my sighs of relief 😉 (and thank you for this evocative prompt)

      1. You’re very welcome! 😀

4. Your title grabbed my attention, Laura, and as I read the quadrille my smile grew. Now I’m beaming at the ‘sown seed concealed in its neonatal underworld’ and the sounds of the casing as it ‘swells, cracks, is castaway’ – the alliteration evokes sounds we would not normally hear.

   1. oh I like that Kim – had not heard the sounds till you pointed them out

5. The miracle of the seed never grows old. Beautifully captured.

   1. thanks Bev

6. An exquisite sigh, Laura: this is so perfectly paced! I love the imagery of the seed ‘Concealed in its neonatal
   underworld.’ Cosy and safe from all the perils of the earth. Sigh.

   1. so glad you noticed the pace Ingrid – I aimed to convey that

7. luv that “gardener’s sight bent upon a sky”

   Happy Monday

   much 💗 love

   1. it was a sigh but that in turn is sight set upon the sky – thanks Gillena

8. I love love love your ode to the seed, Laura. Favorite parts:
   “Concealed in its neonatal underworld.”
   The words you use throughout are like a symbiotic incantation to juju the seeds to life.
   There is no plant without a planter (in whatever form planter takes.)

   1. I love love your comment Lisa- big thank you from the gardener!

9. I particularly like the ending! Beautiful! ✨

   1. always good to end well 😉 thanks Rachael

10. Wow, I took considerable delight in your language here. There’s something primeval in your imagery, very soothing but powerful – like a misty lake in a lost wood. I sighed to finish. Lovely work.

    1. your comment is poetry itself – many thanks for taking the time to write that Masa

11. Beautifully done Laura! I liked this ….
    The sown seed
    Concealed in its neonatal
    underworld

    1. many thanks Dwight

       1. You are welcome!

12. Beautiful Laura, and wonderful imagery!

    1. thank you Rob

13. “Each gardener’s sigh”

    I feel that.

    1. glad to hear it resonated

14. My garden is in and a few shoots showing… a happy sigh!

    1. a good time of year for seeds 😉

15. I love the imagery of a “neonatal underworld.” It is a sacred place!

    1. a very nice observation Tricia

16. “Divining water” — such an apt phrase.

    1. thanks for picking up on that one Ken

17. Such a beautiful description. It’s almost like conception an d childbirth ☺️💕

    1. I like the analogy Christine

18. I love the surprising “neonatal underworld” and the way you broke the line give it even a little more power.

    1. oh well observed Maria – that break is illustrative!

19. Wonderful poem, Laura. I echo the love for “neonatal underworld” and your ending was perfect.
    “Each a gardener’s sigh
    Bent upon the sky.”

    1. many thanks Ali

20. Very beautiful and stunning!

    1. I appreciate that Lucy

21. I enjoyed the intimate view of the seed’s metamorphoses.

    1. good word that – an intimacy that is hidden from sight

22. Laura, this is stunning. I especially love how you made use of the word ‘divining’ 😀

    ❤
    David

    1. thank you, David (and am glad the erroneous spam catcher divined your were not so this time)

       1. 🙂

23. A gardener never fails to sigh witnessing that first sign of life from the unseen miracle under the earth. Lovely!

    1. many thanks Susan

24. ‘Concealed in its neonatal underworld’ – love this image.

    1. 🙂

25. A lovely way to end …. ‘bent upon the sky.’

    1. on an upnote 😉

26. So lovely! I adore the title and those last 3 lines- stunning!

27. Good use of rhyming scheme to conclude the poem.

28. Ah thank you Linda

29. It’s always a miracle. (K)

    1. indeed

30. Along with the gardener you can hear my sigh too… so beautiful, my dear Laura.

    1. we will sigh in unison Marina 😉

       1. 😘😊🤗

31. Something I can absolutely relate to. I keep giving sighs of joy these days every time I visit the garden and a new shoot appears, or something has grown for just 1 mm 😀

    1. yes exactly – these small and simple joys 🙂

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