Poem: Green Monday

The weeds
in my front yard are green
and growing high.


when the gentle morning breeze
caresses them
the weeds sway
and dance to music unheard.

It is Monday and the weeds
are emerald green,
but I know
that soon the weeds will die
then they will turn
a somber brown.

The Oleanders are beautiful this year

The white and the red oleanders are especially beautiful this year. Yesterday morning I noticed the white oleanders seemed to glisten in the morning light. This morning, the red oleanders were bright scarlet in the light of dawn. I have not noticed pink oleanders this year, but not all the oleander bushes in my yard are blooming.

Oleander blooms
Scarlet and white weeds blossom
My backyard fence line

Oleanders prove that weeds are just a beautiful are non-weeds. Of course, I may be one of the few people in the world that thinks oleanders are weeds. However, just because I think they are weeds does not mean they are not beautiful.

Green stuff growing in my yard

There is green stuff growing in my yard. I do not remember seeing it yesterday, I suspect it grew over night. That sounds like the beginning of a science fiction story; I realize the plants were probably there yesterday and I did not notice them.

Las Vegas received a great deal of rain in the past couple of months, therefore, I should expect green plants in my front yard. Now the plants, or perhaps I should write weeds, are pretty, but this will not last long. As soon as the rain stops or summer comes, the plant will die and turn brownish gray and ugly. At that time, I must have them removed.

Beautiful spring weeds
Coming up in my front yard
Summer fire hazard