Fake Flying / Garden Fairies by Diane Webster

Fake Flying

Single crow lands on a fence post

and faces into the wind.

Wings spread

it pretends to fly

while still attached to the post.

 

Grandpa’s weather vane

dances in partnership

with Oregon wind

while on the ground

I lean forward to stand

on one leg with my arms

outstretched like a single crow

flying in air with talons

clenched on the fence post.

 

 

Garden Fairies

 

Garden fairies run cross-country

between stones and petrified wood

I place meticulously on my land.

Piles of dirt await my intentions

while wind whisks away tiny footprints

climbing to the top because it was there.

 

At night snapdragons 

turn into sleeping bags.

Johnny Jump Ups guard darkness

like lions scanning the savanna.

Crickets chirp lullabies until silenced;

eyes and ears attune to the world

until one by one a thousand crickets

resume their theme of tunes.

 

Garden fairies drink dew from tulip cups

and whir across the lawn to lie

in crabapple branches to inhale

blossom aromas, to listen to bees

buzz in and out of fragrances.

Diane Webster's work has appeared in North Dakota Quarterly, New English Review, Studio One and other literary magazines. She had micro-chaps published by Origami Poetry Press in 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025. Diane was a featured writer in Macrame Literary Journal and WestWard Quarterly. Her website is: www.dianewebster.com