Jasmine Magic
A gloss of green waits
in my backyard
like a debutante, ready
for a white star
dress. Twirling in May,
her soft fragrance
lifts this aging woman
with giddy energy.
After work, I breathe in
bloom, wondering
if jasmine has jeweled
my garden
or the Fountain of Youth
has bubbled.
Kathy Pon earned a doctorate in education, but in retirement turned to her passion for poetry. She studies with Hugo House in Seattle. She lives on an almond orchard in California with her husband and two dogs. Her writing has been influenced by the natural world, and how to better share the planet with greater-than-human creatures. Her poems have/will be included in Plants & Poetry Journal, The Write Launch, The Orchards Poetry Journal, Eunoia Review and Penumbra.