Dear Tammara,
Buddleia is a shrub with flower spikes rather like lilac.The common sort
has dark purple flowers which smell very sweet--Mmmm. It's also called the
Butterfly Bush because its fragrance attracts so many butterflies.
Kind regards,
grasshopper
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From: "tammara" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 10:32 PM
Subject: Re: [THE-WORKS] New sub: A Valentina
> Excellently performed, Grassy. But what the heck is "buddleia"?
> T.S.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: The Pennine Poetry Works [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of grasshopper
> Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 11:58 PM
> Subject: New sub: A Valentina
>
> A Valentina
>
>
> When I'm with you, I hum.
> I'm a bee drunk on buddleia,
> I buzz. I'm a thrush full of snails,
> I sing. Like a creamery cat,
> I purr. I'm a mucky pup,
> I roll. I'm wildlife, I'm tame,
> I'm a verb, reverberating.
>
> grasshopper
>
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