Monday, April 3, 2023

Gardening Success (and Failure) comic poem by Angela Lansbury, number 177

Seeds. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright. 2023.April 3rd.


Weeds by Angela Lansbury. Copyright. 2023 April 3rd.


Gardening Success (and Failure) comic poem number 177 

by Angela Lansbury


 I can't grow seeds but can grow weeds 

Which proves that I do something right, 

They all get water from the rain, 

And lots of warming sunlight. 


I am active with my pruning, 

And although it needs fine tuning, 

My weeds don't need much space to grow, 

They do not need active feeding, 


I don't talk to weeds, with kind words,

I'm just frowning as I'm weeding, 

I should make dandelion soup, 

Horrid, hardy plants keep breeding. 


I should forget exotic fruit,

Which I had hoped one day to share, 

Perhaps it's time that I gave up,

And ate what's growing everywhere.


Today's soup not potato nor pea

It must be that dandelion

'cause, frankly, it's not up to me

It's all that I can rely on.

-ends-

Poetry Lesson of the day

Save a syllable by changing 'ought to' to 'should'.

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