by Jodie Gonzalez
Centennial Gardens - March 11, 2023.
PROMPT: What pulls me - feels nourishing? What does this place have to offer me? As a guide, what answer does it have for me?
I am drawn to the water. Always the flow intrigues me, I want to be part of it - submerged, the sounds muffled around me. I see the water cascade down the hill and take
by Geoffrey Wheeler
At McGovern Centennial Gardens, Houston
The bench called to me as I walked past it. It was obviously shaded, and that was a must. Well, that’s the end of that bench! It’s no longer in the shade. I move to another shaded bench nearby.
What really does it for me is the cool breeze and the quiet. I noticed when I walked around the mount, that the cacophony of the waterfall stopped as soon as your ear moved past it. That was magical! So I knew I’d find a spot on
Movement, by Caryn Ogier
There is stillness in this place.
Look harder. There is more.
There is the feeble flutter of a tiny oak tree.
There is a slowly swinging sweetgum ball.
Nature needs to put that remnant ornament away.
The holidays are over.
Look. Look harder. There is more.
by Brooke Summers-Perry
clouds and crowds
moving methodically
waterfalls and bird calls
drowning out my worries
