gold hosta leaves
cover the ash tree stump
the tree that fell
during a storm in 2018
Poem from October 24, 2019:
SEASONS
once the tree grew tall
before the Emerald Ash Borer
and then a storm
hosta plants
grew green again
around the stump
in Spring
they grew large
and flowered well
so blessed by rain
and a red begonia planter
now there is an
orange pumpkin
on the ash tree stump
and hosta leaves are gold
in the brilliant morning sun
early morning
hosta flowers grow
above the windowsill
July 2019
hosta flowers
begin to end
yet knowing
their leaves
will turn gold
August 2013
raindrops
on hosta plants
so beautiful
with and without
flowers
their leaves
in the sun
September 2019
mid-October
green and gold hosta leaves
by the ash tree stump
October 2020
gold hosta leaves
and sounds of rain
October morning
October 2020
Garden Journal
August 8, 2018
Photo by Karl
hummingbird
and hosta flowers
by the windows
in the sunroom
stillness
This is a beautiful time of year. Daylilies and hosta bloom.
Garden journal photos of hosta are by Karl.
With many ash trees lost in our area, the landscape will take time to recover and learn a new beauty. I have written about the loss of our ash tree, and the new beauty with the way hosta plants grow around the tree stump.
Posts about ash trees:
Ash Firewood Done – May 16, 2019 – “Work and photo are by Karl.”
Hosta and Ash Tree Stump – May 27, 2019 – with photo
Seasons – My poem on October 24, 2019
Errands and Ash Trees – April 16, 2022
late August
perennial gardens
all that has been achieved
colors of flowers
past for a time
plants green and rain
all that is present
and will renew
and return
another time
Poem today
Hosta – August 20, 2016
Ellen Grace Olinger
Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin 