Hershey Gardens by Kathe L. Palka

Hershey Gardens
by
Kathe L. Palka

(Hershey, PA)

mid-October
among the roses
a few slow bees

garden lovers
on nearly every bench
a dedication

in the arboretum
hiding among old pines
a young sequoia

chasing each other
in the children’s garden
chipmunks

overflowing
from a claw-foot tub planter
scent of Alyssum

air so sweet
you can taste it
Hershey Gardens

This poem first appeared in LYNX (Feb. 2013).
Used here with the author’s permission.

Kathe L. Palka is the author of five books. A member of the U.S. 1 Poets’ Cooperative and the Haiku Poets of the Garden State. Kathe writes in free verse and in the Japanese forms of haiku and tanka. She is an editor at tinywords.com, a daily online journal of haiku and micropoetry. A lifelong resident of New Jersey, Kathe is an avid gardener who enjoys wandering the parklands of her native state whenever time permits. Learn more about her at her Haiku Foundation web page.

Jo:
Remember tasting that delicious air.
Posted 10/16/2016 02:55 PM

Michael:
Kathe This is so well done. I want to taste this sweet air for myself! Thank you.
Posted 10/16/2016 01:56 PM

blueskies:
A delight to wake up with! Thanks,Kathe.
Posted 10/16/2016 06:54 AM

Newf:
Just beautiful. I can see it all. Thank you for something wonderful to read with an early coffee.
Posted 10/16/2016 03:10 AM

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