by Gail Lemnah Barnett, 1997
In this garden of roses
You're my final chance
Strong bud bursting color
from one last steadfast branch.
The books all say you must go
giving way to Winter's cold;
My heart says it's not ready,
So stay right there and unfold.
One last rose of Summer's warmth
You almost took too long
To wake up to the sunshine
And sing your fragrant song.
by Gail Lemnah Barnett, 1997
October, 1997
"Far From the Madding Crowd" by Nixon Waterman
September, 1997
"Kiss From a Rose" by Seal, from the Album: "Seal"
August, 1997
"Summer Rose Saga" by Gail Lemnah Barnett
July, 1997
"A Bird Came Down the Walk" by Emily Dickinson
June, 1997
"The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost
May, 1997
"The Path That Leads to Nowhere" by Corinne Roosevelt Robinson
April, 1997
"The Firefly" by Jane Stuart
March, 1997
"Plant a Tree" by Lucy Larcom
February, 1997
"The Daffodils" by William Wordsworth
January, 1997
"Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" by Robert Frost
December, 1996
"Wintering Rosarians" by Gail Lemnah Barnett
November, 1996
"'Tis the Last Rose of Summer" by Thomas Moore
October, 1996
"Autumn Chant" by Edna St. Vincent Millay
September, 1996
"The Fish" by Elizabeth Bishop
August, 1996
"Departmental" by Robert Frost
July, 1996
"City Flies" by Alan Van Dine
June, 1996
"My Neighbor's Roses" by A.L. Gruber