Purple tips of Iris emerge
from among green swords
oscillating
in wind too strong for blooms.
We'll move the root stock
to a sheltering place
past the Lilac hedge
where grackles browse...
Mix soil with bone meal
and decaying manure
a bed for bulbs
beneath mulch and wind.
We should get this done
when the blossoms fade
before distraction comes
with summer's calm.
~ Spring 1996
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