Gardens have indeed been a rich source of inspiration for poets, offering a tranquil setting to explore themes of beauty, nature, growth, and human experience. Here are a few poems and reflections on gardens
“The Garden” by Andrew Marvell
How vainly men themselves amaze
To win the palm, the oak, or bays;
And their uncessant labours see
Crowned from some single herb or tree,
Whose short and narrow verged shade
Does prudently their toils upbraid;
While all the flowers and trees do close
To weave the garlands of repose.
“In the Garden” by Emily Dickinson
A sepal, petal, and a thorn
Upon a common summer’s morn
A flask of Dew – a Bee or two
A Breeze – a caper in the trees
And I’m a Rose
“The Enkindled Spring” by D.H. Lawrence
This spring as it comes bursts up in bonfires green,
Wild puffing of emerald trees, and flame-filled bushes,
Thorn-blossom lifting in wreaths of smoke between
Where the wood fumes up and the watery, flickering rushes.
I am amazed at this spring, this conflagration
Of green fires lit on the soil of the earth, this blaze
Of growing, and sparks that puff in wild gyration,
Faces of people streaming across my gaze.
And I, what fountain of fire am I among
This leaping combustion of spring? My spirit is tossed
About like a shadow buffeted in the throng
Of flames, a shadow that’s gone astray, and is lost.