garden
— A farming couple who despise cats accidentally bring home two from the shelter, then discover the resulting litter makes perfect garden tillers.
— A young poet captures summer through garden growth, beach days, and songs, ending with a wistful plea for the season to remain.
— A lyrical catalog of a garden's inhabitants — leaves, trees, bushes, flowers, birds, and bugs — celebrates nature's overwhelming abundance and mystery.
— A woman nurtures a mysterious seedling that grows into an extraordinary plant, dies, and leaves offspring; after her death, she reunites with the plant's true spirit—a boy.
— A single sentence captures a backyard workspace where ivy with emerald-like leaves points toward a brick patio, covering curved stone underfoot.
— During a thunderstorm, a frightened girl and her mother share their fears, leading the girl to discover courage as the storm passes and flowers bloom.
— During a car ride to a new home, a child imagines creating an elaborate roof garden filled with flowers, vegetables, and herbs.
— Siblings build a twig house in a clover field after rain, only to find their creation destroyed by gardeners the next day.
— A poem traces a plant's journey from sprout breaking through soil to flower blooming in sunlight, celebrating each stage of growth.
— A girl recalls three years of observing squirrels, rabbits, and birds from her Illinois home's windows before returning to China.