Bettys Garden

A Treasure Of Delight Unfolds

Betty's Garden

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When we come to visit you,

It is always such a treat,

To sit just by your window,

And have a front row seat.

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At the edge of your sweeping terrace

Is a tiny bubbling pond,

With lilies gently nodding

To the green grass just beyond.

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 There is a gnarled old plum tree

With primroses round her feet;

In the blossoms white and full,

The breeze is balmy - sweet.

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The birds that fill her branches

Almost burst their throats in song

And praise God with their singing;

One can hear them all day long.

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Such a tiny fragrant garden

And yet there is so much to see.

Glimpse the ruby throated humming bird,

And the black capped Chickadee.

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 Note the evening Grosbeak family

Pecking at the ground

Feeding on the sunflower seeds

Black crows have scattered 'round.

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Pidgens congregate together.

And gossip as they feed.

A woodpecker and a flicker

See the suet that they need.

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Hanging up-side down and backwards,

While the suet cage is swinging,

Their tufted and bespeckled heads

Are rapping as they're clinging.

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A special feature of your garden

To entice the butterfly

They just can't miss the sweet bouquet

As they attempt to flutter by.

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Squirrels so busy, scurry and scamper

While gathering corn free on the tree.

They race and sprint, and dart, and dash.

What fun it is to be free!

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Observe the stately evergreens

A white birch in full view.

See roses, lupins and pansy faces

Looking back at you!

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Oh the wonders God has given

To make your garden fair.

Aren't you anxious to see the one

He's making for us up there?

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And when our hearts are weeded,

Filled with God's love through and through.

What a joy that will be for us

To visit Him there with you.

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For God has made it special Himself

Just for you and me

With every manner of living thing

How wonderful that will be.

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Everything we'll ever want

Will be there for us to treasure

He intends to show us all His Love,

Heaping eternity with pleasure.

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Written by Myrna H. Rickard

05/20/99

MR

 

Reviews

[whispereversolightly]

My Goodness this is my favorite one as well. This one drew me in to feel such lovliness it was like I was there. So well written.

[Donna Lorenz]

Myrna, of all your poetry listed this one is my very favorite. The rythm and the rhyme flow beautifully in 'Bettys Garden.' I am there with you!