Tag: gnomes elves

they’re everywhere, these fairies

sprites, gnomes, pixies, elves, imps

even leprechauns

a whole aisle in Ace Garden Center

devoted to miniature magicians

and I’m in trouble, I know

I need to get out of this place

at least off this aisle

because nothing thrills me

more than a fairy garden

and I might spend too much

so I buy two spider plants

the best plants for

improving sleep

for clean air in homes

and leave the fairies

for now….but

I may be back this afternoon

for some of them

who seem to want

to live in my plants

on the front porch

especially this one leprechaun

who whispers that

he can’t be left homeless

this month, says he knows

I have a shamrock

and promises extra good luck

if he can come join my wonderland

of fairies in my porch plants~

friends of his, he claims

then springs up to my shoulder

murmurs in my ear a well-known

fact: I know your weakness

…..your one little word doesn’t

work on fairies.….

you can never have enough