Poem: I Belong To Garden Club Because

I Belong to Garden Club Because

By Mary R. Duling

In the beginning I belonged
Because I dreamed of flowers
Growing in the garden where
I’d while away the hours;
And I belonged because a
friend
Invited me along
And to the melody of life
It added one more song.
Then I belonged because the
friends
I met there were so fine
The wealth of love they had to
give
Could only add to mine,
And I belonged because I felt
I, too, had much to give,
And this exchange of thoughts
and plans
Could help us all to live.
Now I belong because the
world
Needs beauty,love and peace,
And Garden Club helps fill this
need
Our tensions to release.
Each meeting of our local
group,
Each gathering afar
Expands our wide horizon’s
view
As we reach for our star.
Each one belongs to Garden
Club
For reasons of her own,
But each one knows within
her heart
She does not stand alone,
Since every flower that’s ever
shared
Adds beauty to the soul,
And every friendship ever made,
Makes love a sweeter goal.

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Golden Gardens, May/Jun 1981, Vol 50 #1

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Why do you belong? What has it given you?

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