Winter Blessings and Beauties, Day 42: Winter Promises

 

Winter Promises

Tomatoes rosy as perfect baby's buttocks,
eggplants glossy as waxed fenders,
purple neon flawless glistening
peppers, pole beans fecund and fast
growing as Jack's Viagra-sped stalk,
big as truck tire zinnias that mildew
will never wilt, roses weighing down
a bush never touched by black spot,
brave little fruit trees shouldering up
their spotless ornaments of glass fruit:

I lie on the couch under a blanket
of seed catalogs ordering far
too much. Sleet slides down
the windows, a wind edged
with ice knifes through every crack.
Lie to me, sweet garden-mongers:
I want to believe every promise,
to trust in five pound tomatoes
and dahlias brighter than the sun
that was eaten by frost last week.

~ Marge Piercy

Winter Blessings and Beauties: Day 42

Winter Promises

What do you dream of in Winter? What seeds are you planting - literally or metaphorically? What are you planning or anticipating? What are you looking forward to? 

Take the time offered by the in-between days of Winter to sink into your imagination - dream your dreams and nurture your wishes. Plan ahead with optimism and delight. Visualise in detail what you will cultivate next year. Then... take the first solid steps on the path to achieving your goal. Good luck!