The garden is rich with diversity
With plants of a hundred families
In the space between the trees
With all the colors and fragrances
Basil, mint, and lavender,
God keep my remembrance pure,
Raspberry, Apple, Rose,
God fill my heart with love,
Dill, anise, tansy,
Holy winds blow in me.
Rhododendron, zinnia,
May my prayer be beautiful
May my remembrance O God
     be an incense to thee
In the sacred grove of eternity
As I smell and remember
The ancient forest of death.

—Sent in by Jane LeBrun of Chester, ME. From The Grateful Table by Brenda Knight.