I have only seen photographs of Longwood Gardens, never been there but how
you describe it in the sonnet is how I imagine it to be. I did not know the
history of it beginnings so this makes for an interesting work.
I like the line wraps (enjambment?) nice work. Nice tone and flow too.
Mary
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carl Reimann" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, April 21, 2003 4:00 AM
Subject: NEW: The Longwood Story
> The Longwood Story
>
> My father killed, and I his eldest son,
> a Brandywine du Pont, began to map
> my way within that name: a future won
> by work and trade. A garden sculpture tap
> released a spire of joyful plans: Nemours
> a subtle marvel to behold: the might
> of shooting, reaching water. Dirt, manure
> are cheerful mire! We'll catch electric light
> in lustrous leaping sprays and tumbling pools,
> and stroll through cacti, boxwood, hothouse ferns
> and vines in shallow blackened mirrors. Schools
> of fish and floriculture give returns
> on my initial buy of Pierce's Park,
> established now as Pennsylvania ark.
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> Longwood: gardens in Pennsylvania, USA.
> Brandywine: in SE Pennsylvania.
> Nemours: 75 km S-SE of Paris, France.
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> -Carl
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