the garden sings again
brushstroke of falsetto
petal drops of fiddled solfas
leaves rattling like kettledrums
thumbing piano of the evening breeze
sonata of the sea mass
contrapuntal with simulacrums
music is garden is memory
is music is garden is memory
is tonic triad of semi intervals
is flat in major cadence
is solo in trinity in orchestra
is a god floating in ether
rhythms of pollen
is perennial throb of ethereal respiration
is pollinate of rhapsodies
keats bowing the crescent
byron trumpeting the robust cloud
is greenhouse with quietude
sound a slamming stone
organic with naturalism
is native climes of winter
pumpkins sprouting into tomatoes
hybrid grave
is a seed capsuled in bloom
cultivar with being
baby green to nature
Adesiyan Oluwapelumi, TPC XI, is a poet/essayist from Nigeria. He was the winner of the Cheshire White Ribbon Day Creative Contest (2022) and the 1st runner up in the Fidelis Okoro Prize for Poetry (2023). His works are published in Poet Lore, Tab Journal, Poetry Wales, IHRAF, Brittle Paper, and elsewhere. A 2023 Adroit Journal Summer Mentee and a 2023 Fellow of The SprinNG Writers Fellowship, he reads poetry for the Kitchen Table Quarterly and is the Assistant Editor of Lean and Loafe Poetry Journal. He is the author of Ethos, a poetry chapbook (Ukiyoto Publishing). He tweets @ademindpoems.