Imaginary Garden

Over in the Garden, there was an art challenge.  Grace inspired us with an artist who uses nature in an unique way.  

"As poets we are always trying to capture our insides -  our thoughts, our emotions, our dreams. Michael (aka grapeling) showed me this creative work by the artist in my favorite blog, Colossal, who makes this connection about human body & nature.  Here's a blurb about the artist's work:  (since I don't have her permission to post the images here):

This delicate series of sculpted plants is part of a project by artist Camila Carlow titled Eye Heart Spleen. The photographic project is comprised of 13 images representing human organs constructed from plants and flowers."  From Carlow’s statement about the project:

The most fascinating and intricate of biological structures, yet we rarely pay heed to the organs inside our body. Regardless of whether we fill ourselves with toxins or nourishing food, whether we exercise or not—our organs sustain us, working away effortlessly and unnoticed.

In a similar way, plants flourishing in the urban environment are a testament to nature’s indifference to our goings on. They grow out of the sides of buildings, in brick walls and between the cracks in concrete, despite of the traffic and pollution.

 Grace challenged us to write about our insides with nature or a season as inspiration.  

Light Bleeds Wonder

a blanket of green stars grows my dreams
like an infant's tight fist kissed with morning dew
I watch n' wait Red Cardinal
 tickles pink and blue florets
remembrance shadows my brow
as day twirls her lacy orange skirt
salty rain pools and puddles
I learn to swim in gray frost
 pupils eclipse as
ideas zoom in n' out
quicksilver lightening
strikes
I jump in like a pink salmon
swimming upstream
to witness Fireweed
 hear the hum of tiny Taxi's
 fish eye
bleeds wonder
waiting for
intoxicating Moonflower's
 perfume makes me
fight my final
breath.



©Ellen Wilson