TRELLIS of JOY

TRELLIS  of  JOY
 - Joy Krauthammer

Today I continue

the moist delicious planting

of my glorious garden

where G*d's presence 

revealed

is vibrant

to my eyes,

nose,

ears, 

hands,

muddied feet, 
and heart

in happy lively colors,

organic shapes,

forms,

textures

and luscious aromas.

I listen

to the birds

sing with joy

and watch

the great lizard

in its stillness.

May my fountain flow

again.

Come, join me 

under the shade

of my fig tree

and drink with me,

sun tea.
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Today I have been reading about trellises, and the vines that need to grow vertically via vertical or horizontal supports, depending on whether they tendril, twine, scramble or adhere.   I bought a Passion Fruit-Passiflora, a Pandorea Jasminoides Vine, and a Lavender Trumpet Vine-Clytostoma Callistegioides for my growing garden sanctuary, and filled it also with more favorite roses. 

For my husband (now paralyzed), I build a bigger garden.

I used to create and transform with clay; my pots occupied so much space.

My poet friend, Ruthie, has shown me that I can transform and trellis these words of my heart and soul.

Love,

 JOY

May 2004

"We have 613 commandments. The last one is probably the most important because it includes all the others:  kitvu lachem et hashira hazot. To be Jewish means to be a poet. There is poetry in the Jewish existence and we are commanded to see its poetic dimension. We are to write it down in order to share it with as many people as possible; every Jew is commanded to read the Torah, to write it and thus transmit it."

 - Elie Wiesel "Against Silence"

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