Microsonnet of gardening terms by D.W. Baker

sun scorch

winter kill

heart rot

bone meal

bare root

internode

heirloom

rhizome

overseed

scarify

cold frame

evergreen

halophyte

xeriscape

D.W. Baker is a submerging poet from St. Petersburg, Florida, where he writes about place, bodies, belonging, and the end of the world. His work appears in Green Ink Poetry, The Ekphrastic Review, Gastropoda, and Modern Haiku, among others, and has been nominated for Best of the Net. He reads for Cosmic Daffodil and Hearth & Coffin. See more of his work at www.dwbakerpoetry.com