Marilyn Humbert
Rainbows of Daisies
This Sydney house has been our home for the last 30 years. We moved from Victoria when my husband accepted a work transfer. I was unsettled leaving behind the job I loved, friends and my large flower garden to face relocation challenges and the overgrown yard of our new house.
jasmine props up
the boundary fence
its scent overwhelms,
a reminder
of my former life
this restlessness
my thoughts
lost in a maze
boxes to be unpacked
a garden to be weeded
The first seeds he planted were african daisies. Red, yellow, orange, cream petals fill the yard making me smile.
the gerberas
he grew from seed
still thrive
even though our winter
days draw nearer to sunset
About the Author
Marilyn Humbert lives in the northern suburbs of Sydney, Australia. Her tanka and haiku appear in international and Australian journals, anthologies, and online. Her free-verse poems have been awarded prizes in competitions, published online, and in anthologies.