The Garden in Winter
 
It’s ‘put to bed’ as your mother used to say
and I’ve always thought of it like that,
cleaned, read to, tucked in and then
a few hours off. I look out of the window,
misted from marmalade-making
and picture it resting, safe, knowing
it will wake up still loved.
 
Already unseen bulbs push
at the surface, magnolia buds
coated in a light scattering of snow,
are ready to burst. In their vase
on the windowsill, tall, blowsy tulips
drop lemon petals into the sink.

Carole Bromley

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