Poem Category: Garden Sundial

start of day
the sundial
orange in the light

indian summer
timed out
on the sundial

Garden quiet
up and over the sundial
ants in a hurry.

Sundial garden
lingering … the scent of basil
plucked for dinner.

Suddenly there
a magpie on the sundial
shading midday.

Both tyres flat
a child’s bike beginning rust
against the sundial.

Garden sundial
an ice frost
that was snow this week.

Garden sundial
mother’s house
sold without it.

Garden sundial
slowly rocking the mantis
prays for some shade.

All in star time
to the garden pond …
a billion years.